Vera Gedroits
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion