Rupert Lowe
The assassination of Rupert Lowe by the coward Nigel Farage
If it is to succeed, Reform has to be more than a cult of personality
By the right, long march
How Reform can stand alone and seize the political advantage
Does Nigel Farage have the Mandate of Heaven?
As Reform UK gains momentum, its enemies are redoubling their efforts
The sketchwriter’s gift
Kemi has outsourced her research effort to Captain Ketamine
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
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.