Tom Cotton
An eye for the world after Trump
Senator Tom Cotton ticks all the Republican White House boxes – provided the last incumbent bows out
Ireland’s Future has no future
Despite Irish separatist campaigning, Northern Ireland’s future remains firmly in the UK
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
Defend Christian private schools
Keir Starmer’s tax raid would be bad for children, parents and the state
Ringo Starr
The man cruelly mocked as “not even the best drummer in The Beatles” must be the most underrated musician of all time
Black holes and revelations
Keir Starmer has detected a previously unknown budgetary singularity from whose gravity no tax cuts can escape
Corporations can become communities
Canary Wharf’s 8 Canada Square should be humanised
Toffs, trials and tradecraft
The best police procedurals unpeel the place where the drama unfolds
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying