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The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
Forty-five years of excellence
John Self lauds a writer who has ended up outshining all of his peers
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
A shapeless, moving, end in itself
So entropic is Geoff Dyer’s latest that the reader seeks desperately for structure
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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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Badgers, banknotes and British decline
Ed Davey might admire Winston Churchill but he should have learned from him
Just a Prime Minister
Keir Starmer only seems to have one answer to his critics
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down