To One War, 55 Marks
This year’s war on expenses is nothing compared to the one started in 1939 – World War II In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes,”
Common Touch
Michelle Obama’s embrace of the Queen recalls our long-ago monarchs who were more tactile - and much more touchy
Burnt Out
The smoking ban has managed to make the once-cool habit look anti-social and silly
Breaking Faith With Britain
Christianity is central to British identity, but its marginalisation has created a moral vacuum which radical Islam threatens to fill
Box of Tricks
100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know by John D. Barrow
Outward Bound
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Beyond Comprehension
The Archbishop of Canterbury, it is said, was very surprised earlier this year by the furious response to his speech about civil and religious law. I am very much surprised that he
BBC Kremlin Service
The Foreign Office must realise that cuts at the BBC Russian Service have turned it into an arm of the Kremlin propaganda machine
Back to the Feelgood Sitcom
The comedy of self-recognition invites us to laugh gently at ourselves, rather than despise others
At My Wit’s End
"The wittiest writer alive" finds it hard to live up to his title
As English as Warm Beer
I could not consent to the introduction into our national life of a device so alien to all our traditions as the referendum,” Clement Attlee told Winston Churchill in May 1945, “which
Annie v. Elvis
When celebrities get involved in politics, they should look to Elvis rather than Annie Lennox In January, Annie Lennox released a statement on the Gaza conflict, saying that as a mother and