The Week
Sally Rooney and the comfortable violence of the left
Kate Evans is a dedicated and widely respected sergeant in Avon and Somerset Police. But her ability to do the…
My night with Maya Jama
A mild panic on Saturday lunchtime as I’m getting ready for the big British Museum ball. First, the dress code…
Trump has clearly been reading Seneca the Younger
Donald Trump, who has decided not to allow the televising of the spectacle of a soldier being executed by firing…
Letters: Don’t knock the Salvation Army
In defence of Trump Sir: Your lead article ‘Like the Roman’ (17 October) praised some of Trump’s early achievements but roundly…
Who made the first flying car?
Cars might fly Elon Musk demonstrated a flying car. – The concept goes back further than most people imagine. The…
Tucker Carlson does it for the clicks
Although I tend to keep my romantic nature under wraps, every year Helena, my wife, and I go on a…
Donald Trump is no friend to conservatives
Perhaps P.J. O’Rourke put it best. When explaining, in 2016, why a self-declared ‘Republican Party Reptile’ was voting for Hillary…
Cierco would have told Ed Davey to grow up
How much longer has Sir Ed Davey got as leader of the Lib Dems? One gets the sense that his…
Letters: Prisons are for punishment
Little cheer Sir: I found the headline on Tim Shipman’s excellent article (‘Tories’ reasons to be cheerful’, 10 October) more…
How right-wing are labradors?
Lab test Labour MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter described black labradors, pubs and warm ale as a ‘far right fantasy’. Do labradors…
Kemi Badenoch knows the right way forward
Last year’s Conservative party conference was a difficult one. Reform UK was leading the polls; the local election results had…
The sartorial decline of the House of Lords
There is a moment at the beginning of Lord of the Flies where the shipwrecked children realise that the adults…
The Athenian answer to immigration
What is it in our interests to do about immigration? The ancient Athenians came up with an interesting answer. Any…
Letters: Don’t worry about AI novels
A right old mess Sir: Although Andy Burnham seems to be turning to Old Labour, what he is really turning…
The truth about Earl Spencer
‘Mr Morgan,’ said the faux-regal voice at the end of the line, ‘this is Earl Spencer. I’ve got you now,…
Andy Burnham begins the long march left
When the Social Democratic Party was launched in 1981, its prospectus was dismissed witheringly by the liberal thinker Ralf Dahrendorf…
Earl Spencer’s anger has clouded his judgment – just ask Aristotle
Princess Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, appears to be out for revenge for the treatment of his sister by the King,…
Which old rockers are still touring?
Orange prize What is so special about the Garvaghy Road to Ulster Unionists? The area around Portadown attained significance for…
Letters: Brits should love Canada
Fire is a leveller Sir: It was disappointing to read Fin Taylor’s Diary (26 September) in which he reflected upon…
Andy Burnham should call an election now
So far, Andy Burnham’s premiership has been characterised by compromise and obfuscation. When choosing his Chancellor, instead of picking Shabana…
