The pointlessness of renaming the Brecon Beacons
Putting out fires The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority said it was renaming the park because the word ‘beacon’ implies…
We’ll miss Rupert Murdoch when he’s gone
The idea that Donald Trump was denied victory in the 2020 presidential election by conspirators determined to fiddle with the…
King Charles and a tale of two coronations
The United Kingdom is one of the last countries in the world to host lavish coronation ceremonies. Europe’s new kings…
2597: A Couple – solution
The couple were VICTORIA (23, 36, 37, 45) and ALBERT (2, 9, 17, 20, 46). 7 was the link. First…
Letters: The C of E has become too broad a church
Too broad a Church Sir: I am not implacably hostile to Justin Welby; I share Christian empathy with the Archbishop’s…
The legacy of Nigel Lawson
Nigel Lawson was the most consequential chancellor in modern British history. He gave the world a case study in how…
Letters: The positive case for daycare
Major mistake Sir: Douglas Murray (‘Our poor deluded MPs’, 1 April) contends that John Major is widely regarded as ‘one…
The lessons of the trans debate
The World Athletics Council has taken the decisive step of announcing that transgender women who underwent male puberty before their…
Letters: Speak up for our children
Care of children Sir: At last people, namely Harriet Sergeant (‘The ghost children’, 25 March) and Rod Liddle (‘Childcare: an…
The Boris distraction
Boris Johnson should not be forgiven for his handling of lockdown. He needlessly criminalised everyday behaviour when voluntary guidelines would…
How healthy do we think we are?
Beyond a joke Is it time to rewrite an old joke? A letter published in Time in 1963 suggested that…
Letters: The dangers of certainty
Uncertain times Sir: Kate Andrews’s article on the era of economic certainty (‘Crash test’, 18 March) is not the first…
Unemployment and Britain’s missing million
There was plenty of miserable economic news in this week’s Budget: the highest taxes imposed by any peacetime government, the…
