Royal Ascot
A Royal good time
Racing brings the country together in a convulsion of delirious democracy
Armchair punter
Home comforts are preferable to enduring the expense and discomfort of the racecourse
The futility of safeguards for assisted suicide
Lessons from Belgium and the Netherlands
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Badenoch’s “muscular liberalism” is a non-starter
The Conservative leader sounds hopelessly out of touch
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
