Scandal
More drama, less news
An element of fiction can bring insights and humanity that pure non-fiction lacks
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
Ulster’s deadly web
What if one of the most useful British agents inside the IRA was also a mass murderer?
Infected blood and infected institutions
Decades on from the beginning of the infected blood scandal, our institutions still fail to align themselves with the truth
High praise for low standards
Why intellectual life needs more, and more systematic, criticism
Apologies are useless without action
It is nice that Gillian Keegan has acknowledged reality, but it is not enough
Modernism at the opera house
Everything sacred and beautiful must be dragged through the mud
Was The Bible written by slaves?
A new book maintains that enslaved scribes and readers may have affected the shaping of Christian ideas
The Incredible Sulk
Nigel Farage is all about entertainment — not difficult questions
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail
Keir: more than just a lucky general
Neither Left nor Right can accept that Starmer’s impressive focus and strategic sense is responsible for transforming Labour’s prospects