Wapole
A novel collector
The legacy left by art collector and novelist Hugh Walpole
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
