Features
Faith, sin and divorce
I’m one of those despised Catholics who actually believes the basics. And that’s why I don’t take Communion
A long goodbye
Clive James on poetry, civilisation and the critical benefits of facing leukaemia
Serenade
Come to the garden, that familiar place Where life renews itself against all odds. Untightening buds act out their memory,…
Whose side are they on?
Qatari money has flooded into London – but also into much less savoury places
Horses in London
The days when horses and humans lived cheek by jowl in the capital are unarguably over. Brewers’ drays have disappeared,…
Serenade
Come to the garden, that familiar place Where life renews itself against all odds. Untightening buds act out their memory,…
Serenade
Come to the garden, that familiar place Where life renews itself against all odds. Untightening buds act out their memory,…
The Cameron way
The PM signals left while turning right. But now it’s time for clarity
Crash course
Britain is now run by Oxford PPE graduates. The consequences have been disastrous
Europe vs liberty
Václav Klaus, the former Czech president, on David Cameron, the EU, Russia — and the end of free speech
Barking mad
Our attitude to animals and their suffering is bonkers
The age of consent
Universities are forcing undergraduates to attend sex education classes. Poor students
The Soul
The soul is like a little mouse. He hides inside the body’s house With anxious eyes and twitchy nose As…
Bombs away!
The Defence Secretary Michael Fallon is an eager interventionist
Artists’ houses
I’m not sure what took me to Salvador Dalí’s house in Port Lligat, but it sure as hell wasn’t admiration.…
The Soul
The soul is like a little mouse. He hides inside the body’s house With anxious eyes and twitchy nose As…
The Soul
The soul is like a little mouse. He hides inside the body’s house With anxious eyes and twitchy nose As…
Mr Dixon
I can’t think of anyone else still alive who knew him, and could reminisce with me about his special kindness,…
To catch a killer
Politicians’ promises to bring those who murder British hostages to justice almost never come true
How to lose an election
What Cameron can learn from the defeat of Swedish moderniser Fredrik Reinfeldt
Learning to fly
Nothing beats taking to the air when it’s you piloting the plane
A slap in the Facebook
My female friends’ social media habits are too bitchy even for me
Anglican disunion
To escape women bishops, Church of England conservatives are preparing a communion of their own
‘I don’t see the wisdom there once was’
Henry Kissinger on statesmanship from Richelieu to Obama
Deal
However the sand got into Sandwich, it did Deal a big favour. As the Cinque Port’s harbour silted up from…
