Politics
The laughometer at the leaders’ debate
The issue being dodged by both Johnson and Corbyn was trust. Principally, the lack of it
The man who wasn’t there
James Kirkup reviews David Cameron’s memoirs
Darren against Remain’s Goliath
Abused as a criminal and fined £20,000 by the regulator, a hero of Brexit has been vindicated
Unusual eminent Victorian
Christopher Fildes reviews a new biography of Walter Bagehot
Remember them more honestly
We should change the way we commemorate our war dead
Good companions
Brigitte Macron agitated to be granted the title of Première Dame, hoping to emulate not Yvonne de Gaulle but Jackie Kennedy
Holy baloney
Marcus Walker prays for episcopal consistency
Tawdry roots of a deeply damaging doctrine
The Separation of Powers is one of the worst, and one of the most influential, ideas around
Small is best
In Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa small nations lead in terms of economic and social development
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
Alan Bates Britain
The case for dramatising every national scandal
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
Vanishing act
Jeremy Hunt did not, in fact, pull a rabbit out of his hat
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
