January 30, 2020

Lessons in longevity from Nicholas Parsons The steadfast familiarity of the <I>Just a Minute</I> host is what another of our great institutions is lacking

Simon Evans

29.01

Trump rinses the Democrats again The President is too smart to patronise his supporters — he talks to them about the little things that matter

Justin Webb

29.01

Journalism is being eaten alive by opinion Why the media's disastrous misreporting of Covington still stings

Jesse Singal

29.01

Will Little Britain survive the woke bullies? The TV sketch show is at risk of cancellation before it even returns

Andrew Doyle

28.01

Populism in Italy is far from defeated As in England, France and elsewhere in Europe, there are signs Italy's Right is consolidating

Matthew Goodwin

28.01

Why kids today should get hooked on the classics As a post-Christian crisis of meaning undermines the West, we should learn lessons from the pre-Christian world

Gareth Roberts

28.01

How will Britain cope without empire? Our diminished nation needs a democratic refit as we leave imperial Europe

Jonathan Rutherford

27.01

The roots of identitarian liberalism   Joseph Roth understood the dangers of identity politics long before the term was invented

John Gray

27.01

It’s time for the doom-mongers to clock off Why do scientists think the world is closer than ever to destroying itself?

Tom Chivers

27.01

Should we be allowed to lie about our age? Not all age-based discrimination is bad — sometimes it's necessary

Peter Franklin

24.01

What unites the Nazis and Communists? It is well worth climbing the literary mountain that is Vasily Grossman's <i>Life and Fate</i>

Douglas Murray

24.01

Salvini’s plan to smash Italy’s red wall Italy's populist leader appeals to millions battered by EU austerity and globalisation

Nicholas Farrell