Roy Jenkins
What happened to literary politicians?
The decline of literary statespeople is a symptom of the decline of politics
The day integration died
On the deliberate policy to discourage immigrants to assimilate
Pursued by Furies
Neither Roy Jenkins nor Enoch Powell became prime minister, but they are our two most influential postwar politicians
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project