Features
Britain’s armed forces no longer have the resources for a major war
Our armed forces have been cut too far to fight a meaningful war – and the coming defence review looks unlikely to change that
The secret brilliance of Prince Philip’s ‘gaffes’
I’ve just been on the receiving end of a Prince Philip gaffe, of sorts, and I loved it. It was…
The Church of England’s shameful betrayal of bishop George Bell
The Church of England has rushed to posthumously condemn one of the greatest men it has produced
Christmas markets
Why the fuss about German Christmas markets? Surely they’re just schmaltzy shanty towns, full of stuff you’d never dream of…
En Retrait
Since I decided to accept this quiet corner of the garden as my undeserved Elysium and to make the birdsong…
En Retrait
Since I decided to accept this quiet corner of the garden as my undeserved Elysium and to make the birdsong…
En Retrait
Since I decided to accept this quiet corner of the garden as my undeserved Elysium and to make the birdsong…
Christmas markets
Why the fuss about German Christmas markets? Surely they’re just schmaltzy shanty towns, full of stuff you’d never dream of…
Bone Scanning
Perhaps like Superman I will see through walls now that I’ve tanked up on isotopes lighting bruise-blue veins and sparking…
The Lake District
Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling is the best thing in the Lake District. I lived near Wigton, just north of the…
Bone Scanning
Perhaps like Superman I will see through walls now that I’ve tanked up on isotopes lighting bruise-blue veins and sparking…
Converting the Corbyn cult
Before they can talk to the wider electorate, Labour MPs must win a life-or-death argument with their core supporters
Germany’s dark night of the soul
The migrant crisis is testing the country’s post-war idea of itself
Bone Scanning
Perhaps like Superman I will see through walls now that I’ve tanked up on isotopes lighting bruise-blue veins and sparking…
Forty is a feminist issue
For older women, the battle for equality is far from won
France’s new reactionaries
The nation’s intellectuals are being roiled by issues of immigration, sovereignty and freedom of expression
The years of pain
I’m an old hand at cancer. I’ve had it nearly half my life
The Lake District
Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling is the best thing in the Lake District. I lived near Wigton, just north of the…
The end of feminism
Victory has left 21st-century feminists in a morass of social-media sniping
Women’s issues are for everyone now, not just feminists
‘Women’s issues’ are for everyone. So feminism is obsolete
Red-brick revolutionaries
Labour was once the clever party. Under Jeremy Corbyn, its front bench is purged of Oxbridge intellectuals
How far can Bernie Sanders go?
Could the socialist senator of Vermont be on track to win the Democratic nomination?
Fear, loneliness and nostalgia: a return to Johannesburg
Oddly enough, the cabin service people on the plane are constantly eating during the night, helping themselves to the first-class…
The Hinkley Point disaster
Britain’s new nuclear plant has hardly left the drawing board, but it’s already a case study in what not to do
Iran’s hidden war with the West – and what we can do to fight back
It’s up to Britain to ensure that the nuclear dealdoes not allow a greater threat to the Middle East
