Royal Family
We can all be Gaullists today
Britain sustained de Gaulle. The general’s views on Britain should resonate now.
Title Dodgers
It’s not just Harry and Meghan who have dropped their titles
Wallis and Meghan – a tale of two abdications
There is a strong historical precedent for the ‘conscious uncoupling’ of the Sussexes
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
The cost of dissent
Brave women have sacrificed a lot to stand up for their gender critical beliefs
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
Death throes of a dictatorship?
Amid war and discontent, military rule in Myanmar is faltering
