State capacity
A Tube train to nowhere
Public-spirited activism can obscure a crisis in state legitimacy
Being the nation that the Kremlin thinks we are
Putin has more confidence in Britain than our politicians do
There’s truth in the toilet
Britain’s sewage problem requires a Victorian solution
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty