Satire
A murder mystery
Matters were interrupted by an onstage dizzy spell, later unhelpfully diagnosed as a “cardiac arrest”
Arnold Leverett: Veteran Playwright
If the theatres staging his work are getting smaller, the list of his celebrity admirers is still extensive
Making house calls
The average age of a construction worker in the UK now is 50
Down the chute
Venting about laundry and low expectations
Peston’s Inbox
Have I mentioned Keir’s learning to do magic?
Give all the islands back
Long live Sir Keir, Defender of the Brave New Left and Scourge of All Gammons
The Gospel of Donald
An exclusive look into the Bible according to Trump
Max Grubb
Resentful Academic
So many voters got it wrong
The ignorant masses have betrayed democracy
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Red tape and black markets
Prohibition is a criminal’s best friend
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
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
How to reform the NHS
Britain must take inspiration from the Netherlands
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun