The Line of Beauty
Booty and the green-eyed beast
What plays out as limpid tragedy on the page becomes trouser-dropping farce
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
The party of retailers
Labour’s drift from its union roots reveals the party no longer knows what — or who — it is for
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Game of Thrones star steals the show
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Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Suicide of an author’s credibility
Matt Goodwin has done the causes that he represents no favours with his new book
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous