Susanna Clarke
Dividing Germany
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart talk about the emergence of rival Germanys after the Second World War
Timelessness trumps timely
What we have is pure storytelling delight, a page-turner that works forwards and backwards as the reader fills in the gaps
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena