Rent
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
No longer a nation of shopkeepers
Local authorities support rack-renting landlords instead of small traders
No place like home
The crisis facing London renters
An inspector calls
An Englishman’s illegally small room should be his castle
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
It’s all so difficult
Keir Starmer is struggling to rationalise the obviously stupid
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana