12/06/2021 - 12:03am

Angela Merkel was no saint Devoid of principles, she was the opposite of a visionary

Maurice Frank

24.11

Boris Johnson needs a Willie His Peppa Pig speech revealed his weakness

Peter Franklin

05.11

When fear leads to tyranny Democracy is being quietly redefined

Jonathan Sumption

26.10

The Democrat who could bring down Biden Kyrsten Sinema embodies the end of performative radicalism

Blake Smith

25.10

The new public health despotism Draconian rules are suppressing our humanity

Matthew Crawford

12.10

The Tories can save Blue Labour Post-liberalism is more at home on the Left than the Right, according to a new book

Aris Roussinos

01.10

The daily horror of being a GP The NHS is forcing us to betray our parents

Jane Smith

11.08

Covid isn’t the end An elegy to vanished kingdoms shows this is not how civilisations collapse

Niall Gooch

30.07

Jess Phillips is desperate to be ‘normal’ The Labour MP knows she needs a brand to succeed in politics

Tanya Gold

15.07

Some politicians deserve to be mocked Unfortunately, satirists are the crack troops of the New Puritanism

Giles Fraser

28.06

Is Joe Biden too old to be President? Aged leaders fill the annals of history, and their record is rather mixed

Dominic Sandbrook

01.06

Is Boris Johnson really a Catholic? Evidence of his faith has been somewhat patchy

Peter Franklin