Political History
Back to the 70s? If only…
Britain is in far worse trouble than we were 40 years ago
Wakefield and the revival of Labour Britain
After an electoral disaster in the 1930s, Wakefield kickstarted the new Labour era. Can it do the same for Starmer?
Chips, with everything
Mr Heffer has produced a monumental second volume on Henry ‘Chips’ Channon to match his first
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
