Trudeau Nouveau
The Leader of the Canadian opposition is a lightweight liberal fantasy. If he were to become PM his lack of resolve would be disastrous
Royal Age Concern
The monarchy is in rude health but increased longevity could paradoxically spell the end of royal rule
Communist-Free
I taught English in Poland in the 1960s and can safely say there were virtually no Communists in the country
Victorian Bibliophiles
Dickens and Eliot may have longed for the 19th century equivalent of a Kindle, but they also knew when to judge a book by its cover
Strike Off the Band
Cowardly Irish folk band Dervish bows to leftist pressure not to play in Israel; now the Jewish state views Ireland as the most hostile member of the EU
Mass Protests
An exhibition at Lambeth Palace reveals how the modern cult of progress prevents its acolytes from appreciating the value of religion
Latvia’s Lost World
Jean-Paul Kaufmann's A Journey to Nowhere recounts how a student love affair led him to discover Courland, the Latvian peninsula with a troubled history and elusive identity
Fashion Victims
The dowdy wives of UK politicians could learn a thing or two from their fashion-forward foreign counterparts
A World of Flowers
A poem composed in the aftermath of the death of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich
An American Turner?
The National Gallery exhibition shows that Thomas Cole, like Turner and John Martin, was a visionary and a pictorial dramatist