Paolo Rossi
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls