Queen Victoria
Who’s afraid of Queen Victoria?
Attacks on monuments perpetuate the Victoria cult
Will the Chinese “decolonise” Hong Kong?
Will a newly assertive Beijing seek to “decolonise” Hong Kong of the last visible signs of its colonial past?
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Kemi goes postal
The former business secretary and current Tory leader is grilled over a late delivery
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
