Mountains
Alpine lyricism
Each day mimics the last, ending in a mountain refuge Holy Trinity of soup, fire and bed
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature