Nero
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration