Queen Elizabeth II
The return of the sacred
The British monarchy is defying secular modernity
Mourning in Mendoza
The Queen’s global reach
Labour and monarchy
Not the relationship one might think
“Thank you, ma’am, for everything”
On the death of Queen Elizabeth II
In the shadow of the crown
The inefficient paid tribute to the dignified
France and the Queen
A sense of what was lost
Long to have reigned over us
For 70 years Queen Elizabeth II brought dignity and grace to public life
God save the Queen
Britain will never be the same
The power of the pageant
Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience
Another Elizabeth, a second Anne
In our secular age the Queen has been Anglicanism’s most compelling representative
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
The restless life of a very bourgeois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
