William Hague
What happened to literary politicians?
The decline of literary statespeople is a symptom of the decline of politics
How Kemi can improve at PMQs
The Tory leader neither seems to enjoy, nor prepare for the weekly clash
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
Does PMQs still matter?
Was William Hague overestimated where Sir Keir Starmer is still underestimated?
A gentleman and a player
The well-rounded life of Stuart Wheeler
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
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
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one