Northern Ireland
Judge made disunion
The government needs to fix what the courts have done to the Union
Alice in blunderland
The V&A reckons Alice in Wonderland is a self-help manual in the sex-war rather than the daydreams of an old Oxford perv
The hypocrisy of The Northern Ireland Office
They would never do to Scotland what they’ve just done to Ulster
What is unionism for?
Ulster’s 100 not out stand
What a waste
Arlene Foster’s coulda, woulda, shoulda leadership of the DUP
Violence is power in Northern Ireland
A cynic might think that a degree of loyalist violence in Northern Ireland was all part of the Brexit calculation
The NI WhatsApp war
Is a trade body being excluded by Ministers because they’ve criticised the NI protocol?
The Northern Ireland Protocol
David Scullion speaks to the DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson MP
What the Protocol border inside the UK is doing
What Jeffrey Donaldson thinks the government should do about that
All at sea
Is the new Northern Ireland Protocol working?
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
The case for more royals
This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
