13 Aug 2020 - 1:00am

The proud history of Tory socialism An enemy of liberalism in all its guises, my political tradition is regularly misunderstood

Giles Fraser

13.08

Is this the world’s worst dictator? Turkmen citizens are condemned to live in a repressive police state run by an unsophisticated dullard

Daniel Kalder

12.08

Why exams pass the test of time There's a reason our assessment system has outlasted world wars — and will withstand Covid

John Gaston

12.08

The end of secularism is nigh The West's ability to market this culturally conditioned assumption is dying

Tom Holland

12.08

Who will salute Trump’s man in Berlin? The President finally picks the right man for a job — yet Washington won't have it

Marshall Auerback

12.08

Hull’s irresistible perversity The city revels in its separateness — but it may offer lessons for the rest of the UK

Matthew Sweet

11.08

Who are Lebanon’s real friends? As the corrupt government falls apart, other factions are ready to exploit the situation

James Barr

11.08

Why they burn witches in Scotland Where the Highlands meet the Lowlands, Christianity both assimilated and clashed with paganism

Diane Purkiss

11.08

How ID cards could set us free Once they were seen as a threat to civil liberties, now they might preserve them

Peter Franklin

10.08

What we can learn from the Swedish paradox There's nothing libertarian about this country. So why the laissez-faire response to Covid-19?

Freddie Sayers

10.08

Don’t call Abingdon ordinary It has been a place of innovation ever since Æthelwold marked out his millstream

Eleanor Parker

10.08

Could a comedian topple Macron? The French President is anxious that a charismatic non-politician will mess up his reelection strategy

John Lichfield