Neville Chamberlain
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Why Appeasement seemed sensible
Hindsight is no guide to what most influenced British policymakers in the 1930s
A sunny depiction of dark times
Unlike so many, Heffer likes his fellow countrymen and countrywomen
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions