Owen Patterson
That was then, this is now
It’s a kindness of friends not to look at what we’re doing
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
Weak, flawed, limited; an opportunity missed
Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
British defence must be renewed
War may not be imminent but Britain must still be secure
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
