Politician
Have we lost our minds?
Our shallow and insincere public discourse pales by comparison to the bitter, but profound, politics of the Edwardian era
Carlos and Me
Following Carlos Menem’s recent passing, David Smith remembers his relationship with the bold and cunning politician
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look