Novelists
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture
The odd couple
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene may have been unlike as possible, but they remained the closest of friends for four decades
J.K. Rowling is honest, not “nasty”
Attempts to discredit the author are increasingly pathetic
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Rendering the word of God in English
500 years ago, William Tyndale published his groundbreaking New Testament translation
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party