In an intriguing new political strategy, described as a ‘vengeful gimmick’, Nigel Farage has declared that should his Reform party…

When politicians talk about ‘reform’, I am instantly suspicious. If  the good Dr Samuel Johnson was right in defining patriotism…

Even without the rise of One Nation’s vote, Labor has been moving inexorably to a position as the natural party…

Is it us, the voters?

Nothing worth leaking - they’ve already leaked it

I bet this is peak One Nation in the bush

The left have taught women to loathe masculinity

Move over Ursula

The Famous Five battle Canberra’s small-minded censors

Albonomics is driven by the politics of envy

A right royal triumph

There’s a difference between climate and weather. Both change, but at very different tempos. Variations in the weather are seasonal…

The City of London is not noted for its beauty. Most great European cities expect their historic streets to retain…

Chelsea and her partner had been trying for a baby for two years. Following several miscarriages, she became pregnant again…

It has been calving time in Devon and I arrive from London ready to work hard. The day starts at…

There’s a question I’ve started being asked at work. Given I’m a psychiatrist, it isn’t one I’d ever expected to…

What does a star need? A great lawyer, a good publicist, a silent plastic surgeon on speed dial – and…

A year ago, Russia marked the 9 May Victory Day celebration with a spectacular display of fireworks that lit up…

Let’s dispense with the obvious question first. Are they common? While there’s a clear temptation to consult Nicky Haslam on…

Home Two Jewish men aged 76 and 34 were stabbed in Golders Green, north London. Essa Suleiman, 45, a British…

To eradicate a virus, one needs precision. The origin of the threat needs to be identified, as do the circumstances…

And so to the White House for a ringside seat at the Trump circus. Another assassination attempt on the President…

Bet on Yvette Sir: Were Angela Rayner, Ed Miliband, Andy Burnham or Wes Streeting to succeed Sir Keir (‘After Starmer’,…

When Nero committed suicide in ad 68, he left Rome deep in debt after military campaigns, building himself a fabulous…

Travel sickness Three people were reported to have died in an outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship returning to…

Dear wannabe leaders of Britain. What a lot of you there are! I’ve been writing about leadership and the craft…

Yes, of course, one sometimes yearns for the old days. The friend who, appearing in court on a charge of…

At Tuesday’s anti-Semitism ‘summit’ in Downing Street, Sir Keir Starmer achieved a personal first. He used the word ‘Islamists’. But…

In the hierarchy of factors that will make consumers curse politicians and company bosses this summer, food price inflation probably…

I long took for granted that US opinion polls break down respondents into white people, black people and Hispanics. But…

There are many ways to do nothing. One is to sit on your hands; another is to call for ‘a…

The leisurely long-format game once so dear to the English has been transformed by television and T20 into a highly professionalised global sport that has effectively become football

His parsimony included replacing chocolate biscuits with plain ones at recording sessions and paying a derisory £50 for what became known as ‘the most famous logo in the history of pop music’

A craze for masquerades reached its apogee at Carlisle House in the 1770s, when vast forests were imported into the ballroom, along with fountains and festooned arches

A misfit band of military personnel and Silicon Valley uber-geeks apply AI to target America’s enemies more rapidly and accurately than ever before

Sinclair McKay traces the gradual evolution of the Home Guard into what one colonel described as ‘the best trained and equipped force of its kind in the history of our country’

Writing about the inner lives and struggles of small-town characters, Strout reminds us that we are all battling something, even if we don’t broadcast it

In a whimsical discussion of our relationship with the beverage, Julian Baggini proposes ‘Coffeeism’ as a philosophy for everyday life

Two young Glaswegians revenge themselves on the men who assaulted them at a nightclub by murdering one of them and killing their herd of horses

‘I spend most of my life conversing with strangers’, admitted the late Queen, hosting endless receptions, launching ships, taking salutes and pinning medals on civic worthies

Trawling through decades of songs, newspapers, films and merchandise, Guy Cuthbertson catches a shoal of ephemera relating to Lawrence’s last novel

It’s odd, isn’t it, the uncanny relationship between success and achievement. Just the other night the Melbourne Theatre Company had…

Grace Pervades by David Hare is a drama-documentary about the life and theatrical work of the great Victorian thesp, Sir…

‘Warmer, sharper and funnier than ever,’ claims one reviewer of ‘the BBC’s disgraced cookery show’ MasterChef. But this is nonsense.…

I’m bullish about AI. All aesthetic snobs should be. In the war on man-made slop – still the most pressing…

Anyone who was listening to independent music back in the 1980s and 1990s might find it surprising to learn which…

A three-hour Japanese epic about a classical performance art (kabuki) isn’t the easiest sell, I’ll grant you, but I’ll give…

This year’s Jette Parker Artists showcase is a triple bill of modern-ish operas; a cleverly assembled trittico of one-acters, linked…

The problem with exhibiting costumes is well known. Should the mannequins be lifelike with human features, or faceless? What about…

Multi-sensory exhibitions are old hat, but in the case of In Bloom – How Plants Changed Our World at Oxford’s…

Advertising which gives a brand topical relevance gets extra traction with its target audience. So if I was creating the…

My rage against the journalistic abuse of ‘populist/populism’ continues. As I have pointed out in the past, the meaning of…

We are, according to Marks & Spencer, in ‘picky bits’ season. I cannot bear the tweeness of it all. M&S…

To B&B or not to B&B? That is the question. Whether it’s nobler to offer breakfast to a guest is…

The phrase ‘computer says no’ now has its own Wikipedia page. The first recorded use dates back to a Stasi-era…

Q. My husband worked in an office for 25 years and now works from home. As well as the interaction…

‘As the door turneth upon his hinges,’ says the Book of Proverbs, ‘so doth the slothful upon his bed.’ But…

What is the greatest threat to British democracy? Zack Polanski’s call for ‘building a society’ that ‘doesn’t include’ people who…

Together, three unclued entries (two of two words) cryptically explain the three other unclued pairs. Solvers must highlight the single…

For Competition 3448 you were invited to supply a joke in verse form.Apologies for an ambiguous brief; I was actually…

Nairobi Eastleigh, the Somali quarter in Nairobi, was a scene from Blade Runner but in African Islamic dress. Muezzin calls…

She was doing a postgrad course in a town by the sea, and a strange thing happened to us one…