The Week

Diary

22 April 2017 9:00 am

We are all drama queens, really, we political hacks; and so we were all thoroughly delighted by Theresa May’s Tuesday…

Let them eat hay

22 April 2017 9:00 am

From ‘What ails the House of Commons?’, 21 April 1917: Theoretically no horses kept for pleasure or sport ought to…

May’s manifesto

22 April 2017 9:00 am

Never has the Conservative party entered a general election campaign feeling more confident about victory. Much of that confidence is…

Letters

22 April 2017 9:00 am

Benedictine engagement Sir: Matthew Parris has missed the point (‘Give me the Anglican option’, 15 April). He compares Rod Dreher’s…

Portrait of the week

22 April 2017 9:00 am

Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, having repeatedly said that there would be no election until 2020, surprised the nation…

Osborne and the Athenians

14 April 2017 11:00 pm

As a result of George Osborne taking up five jobs on top of his role as MP for Tatton, an…

Barometer

14 April 2017 11:00 pm

Cabin fodder British Airways proposes to stop serving free meals on long-haul flights. — Although passengers once took it for…

Diary

14 April 2017 11:00 pm

Don’t get old! Everything takes so long – it’s an hour to get down to breakfast. And I’m not only…

Parting on good terms

14 April 2017 11:00 pm

Many EU officials would like to present the Brexit negotiations as a case of one nervous member, weak at the…

Letters

14 April 2017 11:00 pm

On Pamela Harriman Sir: When it comes to grandes horizontales and naughty girls, I defer to Taki (High Life, 8…

Portrait of the Week

14 April 2017 11:00 pm

Home Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, having cancelled a trip to Moscow over the Syrian poison gas incident, consulted other…

Barometer

8 April 2017 9:00 am

Nice littler earners Cressida Dick, the new Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, will take a voluntary pay cut from £270,000…

Diary

8 April 2017 9:00 am

Donald Trump’s Washington is a city of many secrets, but no mysteries. So much about the Trump-Putin story remains unknown,…

Regressive Conservatism

8 April 2017 9:00 am

Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party is coming to resemble a drunk trying to get home on a bike.…

Letters

8 April 2017 9:00 am

All-round education Sir: While much of Ross Clark’s analysis of the direction that independent education has taken is spot on…

Portrait of the week

8 April 2017 9:00 am

Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, visited Saudi Arabia without covering her hair, or even wearing a hat. Earlier, asked…

Thucydides on McGuinness

1 April 2017 9:00 am

When Gerry Adams rose to announce at his funeral that Martin McGuinness was no terrorist but a ‘freedom fighter’, the…

Barometer

1 April 2017 9:00 am

First through the exit Is Britain the first country to leave the EU? — As a full part of France,…

Diary

1 April 2017 9:00 am

Last week’s events in London raised a recurrent dilemma for journalists, including me. It is a huge story when a…

Ballots and bullets

1 April 2017 9:00 am

From ‘The golden opportunity’, 31 March 1917: The proposal not to give women votes till they are 26 might well be modified by…

Moving on

1 April 2017 9:00 am

Most people are glad to see the end of a referendum campaign, but the losing side always wants to keep…

Australian letters

1 April 2017 9:00 am

Heavy lifting Sir: James Delingpole needn’t worry (‘Where’s the due diligence on renewables’, 25 March). Malcolm Turnbull has finally found…

Portrait of the week

1 April 2017 9:00 am

Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, wrote a letter to Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, with formal…

Letters

30 March 2017 2:00 pm

No blanket solution Sir: Paul Collier is right to say that the refugee crisis will not be solved with tents…

Saving the children

25 March 2017 9:00 am

When a humanitarian tragedy disappears from our newspapers, there are two possibilities: that the crisis is over and life for……