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
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Burgundy on a budget
In search of the wine lover’s holy grail
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
How the right went wrong
An ill-fated leadership campaign
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
