Politics
Frosty reception in Brussels
The EU didn’t like Frost’s speech – but what do Brexiteers think?
Our ideology in the North
Is there such a thing as social neoconservatism?
A bit late now
Ireland’s crumbling defences against Sinn Fein
Clement Attlee – Prophet of Brexit
Attlee’s reasons for opposing Britain joining the European Community resonate today
Manufacturing Lies
Factories of elite opinion like the Economist will fail if they produce shoddy goods
Squalid optimist
The PM’s mendacity about the sunlit uplands of New Model Britain is psychotic
American idealists in hell
Roland Elliott Brown reviews The Russian Job by Douglas Smith
Speaking power to truth
Patrick Porter reviews The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
Spartans who remade Britain
If the Spartans had voted for May’s deal, Brussels and Corbyn would have been in control
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
