Wallis Simpson
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The other one
How Edward VIII threatened the royal family
Anyone for abdication?
A vivid retelling of an infamous constitutional crisis
Wallis and Meghan – a tale of two abdications
There is a strong historical precedent for the ‘conscious uncoupling’ of the Sussexes
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
In defence of division
We cannot allow oikophobes and iconoclasts to define what it means for us to be united
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Bring back literary vendettas
Grub Street thrived when
there was an “establishment”,
movements and feuds
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes