Rachel de Souza
Are you listening now?
An open letter to the Children’s Commissioner
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In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life