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Meet the Tories’ Welsh Wizard: an interview with Stephen Crabb
Stephen Crabb, the working-class Welsh Secretary with a fondness for Margaret Thatcher
Which political souvenirs are worth hanging on to
My first reaction on hearing of Margaret Thatcher’s death in 2013 was: ‘Great — now my autograph from her will…
Political memorabilia
My first reaction on hearing of Margaret Thatcher’s death in 2013 was: ‘Great — now my autograph from her will…
Unions vs workers – this is David Cameron’s chance to strike back
Trade unions have ceased to serve working people. It’s time to act against them
Love-lies-bleeding
Of course the bride’s dog came to the wedding and was allotted a chair at the top table at which…
The hunting ban could be gone soon – but the hypocrisy will linger on
With luck, the cruel, hypocritical ban could be gone by winter
Benedict XVI leaves Rome to deliver a coded message to his supporters
Quietly, discreetly, the Pope Emeritus is offering a different vision to that of Pope Francis
Ali Baba and the 300 hostages: the kidnappers who prey on desperate migrants in Europe’s border badlands
The kidnappers who prey on desperate migrants in Greece’s border badlands
My letter from Harper Lee
Avoiding publicity doesn’t stop her being sharp-eyed, curious and impeccably well-mannered. I have the evidence
Susan Hill’s French notebook: My struggle to avoid local cuisine
An overnight stop on the Ile de Ré taken between the St Malo ferry and the Quercy, where we always…
Would Betjeman recognise anything about today’s north Cornwall?
In a documentary filmed at the end of his life, Sir John Betjeman, who lived in the village of Trebetherick…
Love-lies-bleeding
Of course the bride’s dog came to the wedding and was allotted a chair at the top table at which…
North Cornwall
In a documentary filmed at the end of his life, Sir John Betjeman, who lived in the village of Trebetherick…
Love-lies-bleeding
Of course the bride’s dog came to the wedding and was allotted a chair at the top table at which…
'We need a new word for crisis': the view from Athens
Its people face an uncertain and frightening future
The Camp
Near the dogleg turn of the lane down to the ponies’ field, skulking in summer among cow parsley and meadow…
Let's fight terror - by holidaying in gorgeous, welcoming Tunisia
It needs – and deserves – British visitors more than ever
Osborne’s false prophet: why Jim O’Neill will never deliver a ‘northern powerhouse’
Why Jim O’Neill isn’t fit to run the Northern Powerhouse
Hallelujah! The England cricket team is fun again
At long last, the England cricket team have rediscovered their love of the game
If Putin comes, the Poles are waiting - a report from Nato's new frontline
Nato’s beefed-up military exercises are impressive – and ominous
The pitfalls of picnics (and how to avoid them)
Strange, isn’t it, that despite having such famously terrible weather, we Brits are so fond of a picnic. It’s something…
The Camp
Near the dogleg turn of the lane down to the ponies’ field, skulking in summer among cow parsley and meadow…
Picnics
Strange, isn’t it, that despite having such famously terrible weather, we Brits are so fond of a picnic. It’s something…
The Camp
Near the dogleg turn of the lane down to the ponies’ field, skulking in summer among cow parsley and meadow…
The wonderful, vanishing world of the handwritten letter
Peter Oborne 4 July 2015 9:00 am
In praise of the old-fashioned letter-writer