The Queen
Elizabeth the Good
We shall not see her like again
“Thank you, ma’am, for everything”
On the death of Queen Elizabeth II
France and the Queen
A sense of what was lost
Preaching the gospel of progressivism
Make the monarchy a spiritual vacuum, and it will soon be filled with nihilism
We all broke lockdown, and we should have broken it more
Time to admit it: the rules were always silly, and often cruel
The greatest cancellation
Warriors against cancel culture have been loudest in calling for a republic
Watch what you say
Scotland’s blasphemy law means it’s just as well The Queen didn’t attend COP26
Bad manners come in small packages
The new Ireland dislikes Unionists as much as the old one
What Magdalen College students get wrong
It is bizarre in the extreme to focus criticism of empire on the Crown
Going the way of all the earth
Our inability to do justice to the death of Prince Philip
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
