Nicholas Boys Smith
All must have beauty
There is finally a coherent plan to improve urban development in Britain – its implementation would be transformative.
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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’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
When compassion kills
Decriminalising vagrancy is no act of kindness
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.