The Week
Diary
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
From ‘What ails the House of Commons?’, 21 April 1917: Theoretically no horses kept for pleasure or sport ought to…
May’s manifesto
Never has the Conservative party entered a general election campaign feeling more confident about victory. Much of that confidence is…
Letters
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
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, having repeatedly said that there would be no election until 2020, surprised the nation…
Osborne and the Athenians
As a result of George Osborne taking up five jobs on top of his role as MP for Tatton, an…
Diary
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
Many EU officials would like to present the Brexit negotiations as a case of one nervous member, weak at the…
Letters
On Pamela Harriman Sir: When it comes to grandes horizontales and naughty girls, I defer to Taki (High Life, 8…
Portrait of the Week
Home Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, having cancelled a trip to Moscow over the Syrian poison gas incident, consulted other…
Diary
Donald Trump’s Washington is a city of many secrets, but no mysteries. So much about the Trump-Putin story remains unknown,…
Regressive Conservatism
Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party is coming to resemble a drunk trying to get home on a bike.…
Letters
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
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, visited Saudi Arabia without covering her hair, or even wearing a hat. Earlier, asked…
Thucydides on McGuinness
When Gerry Adams rose to announce at his funeral that Martin McGuinness was no terrorist but a ‘freedom fighter’, the…
Diary
Last week’s events in London raised a recurrent dilemma for journalists, including me. It is a huge story when a…
Ballots and bullets
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
Most people are glad to see the end of a referendum campaign, but the losing side always wants to keep…
Australian letters
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
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, wrote a letter to Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, with formal…
Letters
No blanket solution Sir: Paul Collier is right to say that the refugee crisis will not be solved with tents…
Saving the children
When a humanitarian tragedy disappears from our newspapers, there are two possibilities: that the crisis is over and life for……