Rump Parliament
The House of Lords
The Rump Parliament had the right idea in 1649 when it closed down the upper chamber as “useless”
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
The Windsor Framework must fall so that Brexit can live
The EU (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill can restore the integrity of the United Kingdom
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
No Kemi, liberalism hasn’t been hacked
Badenoch’s party brought us to this point. It was no accident
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
