Politics
The Realist bogeyman
Everyone likes to shoot the messenger and nobody likes to hear “I told you so”
Boris is no joke, he’s a way of life
Keep the Telegraph solvent, keep Boris in office
This town ain’t big enough for the both of us
Crisis and continuity in the Spanish right
The victorious sign
What relationship should Christianity have with politics?
Le Pen surging as France prepares to go to the polls
France’s establishment parties are nowhere in Sunday’s election
The great blue north
Canadian Tories are not just electing a new leader — they’re fighting over the soul of their party
Outside his bailiwick
John Bercow’s podcast is me me me, with a side order of sycophancy
Awful states
Two political thrillers reveal the intimate cruelties of life under dictatorship
A lecture in unflagging naivety
If you want your views of the wrongness of Brexit confirmed, this dull book will do so
Eric Zemmour: A French Trump?
Who is the dark horse of France’s presidential election?
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
Red lines
Fighting Ulster’s flag downgrade
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Don’t let it go
Communal singing is good for the soul
Lily Phillips and the importance of feeling
We must remain sensitive to unspoken pain
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
