MPs
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
Give up already, Eddie
Eddie Izzard’s unconvincing political career is going nowhere
One of these books is worth reading …
Their rhetoric is unhinged, yet still they preen
Welcome to the jungle
Is Farage a big beast or just a paper tiger?
Lording it over us
Cameron may not be a welcome sight, but we should celebrate the return of peers to the cabinet
The bright future of Scouse Tories
There are plenty of blues among the reds
Centrist Dadocracy
Rory Stewart thinks only he can save the nation
Espionage and the cost of living crisis
Underpaid and overworked staffers are an easy target for Chinese cash
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
