Queen Elizabeth II
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
Celebrating the cycle of life
The universal realities of life, love and death are at the core of the strength of the monarchy
The last jubilee?
Many of us will never live to see a jubilee again — what will sustain the Windsors without spectacle?
In an end, a beginning
The Queen’s absence serves as a reminder of the enduring importance of the monarchy
Censored speech
The Queen’s speech revealed a government failing to protect free expression
The Queen’s Jubilee Book List: why did they bother?
The choices show a lack of levity, imagination and courage
Canadian statues matter
Monument vandalism is a cover for an all-out assault on the country itself
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself