Viscount Montgomery
The week the war ended
Seventy-five years ago this month, peace finally came to a destroyed Europe
The desert martinet
Viscount Montgomery: tactless, arrogant and with no instinct for politics
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear