Scottish Parliament Election
Tony goes to Holyrood
The Bumper Book of Scottish Political Counterfactuals: In which Tony Blair takes his rightful place as First Minister
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Shrimp for breakfast in Sapporo
A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood
Vanishing act
Jeremy Hunt did not, in fact, pull a rabbit out of his hat
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain