Seneca
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Picking at old wounds
The campaign to rejoin the EU has been revived
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
An intervention on interventionism
US foreign policy hawks should accept a more realistic approach