Neil Hannon
Literate, satirical, witty and romantic
Neil Hannon is one of the true greats of songwriting
The Divine Comedy at 30
The Divine Comedy will be playing a concert at the Barbican on 14 October to celebrate Neil Hannon
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried