The Pursuit of Love
The enduring appeal of the Mitford family
As the BBC’s adaptation of The Pursuit of Love begins, Alexander Larman questions whether the new dramatisation will do justice to Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
The British family is nuclear powered
Sorry, post-liberals, but in Britain communitarianism is not traditional
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat