Republicanism
The republican “we”
The fascinating history of the American experiment by a pair of prominent historians and brilliant storytellers
Why are republicans still so unsuccessful?
With bad news upon bad news for the royal family, why do its political opponents remain so obscure?
The reality of unionism
Northern Ireland requires no reason to exist — it just exists
Republican moralists are total hypocrites
Are unionist parties in Northern Ireland at last standing up to Sinn Fein?
The British monarchy has never been more secure
It is the least unpopular and controversial element of the establishment
BBC Northern Ireland is the Beebiest part of the Beeb
In Northern Ireland, Auntie is at her least impartial
A tumultuous decade of ingenious novelties
Did the English Revolution go full circle, replacing one overmighty king with another?
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Unionism has to wise up
In Northern Ireland, inaction is decline
The blunders that restored the Crown
The Fall: Last Days of the English Republic by Henry Reece
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion