Night Agent
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
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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
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?