Eye-witness to the Final Crowning Glory of the Raj
A century ago, my grandmother attended George V’s Coronation Durbar as Emperor of India, an extravaganza worthy of the Moghuls
Berlin: Empty Elections
‘This reunification generation of Germans is sick of coalition government but equally dissatisfied with the alternatives on offer’
Equally Incoherent
The Left is resurgent in the Labour Party, but its egalitarian agenda is utterly inconsistent
Ben Uri At 100
The centenary exhibition of "the art museum for everyone".
History is Now and England
The hushed-up glories of Huntingdonshire are worthy of praise
Britain Still Needs The BBC
Despite everything, the BBC is still one of our great cultural forces
What Survives of Him is Love
Philip Larkin's letters to his lover Monica Jones speak of a non-sexual intimacy and chart his progression to poetic maturity
The Return Of War
In the era of Putin and Islamic State, we shall have to dust off Clausewitz and confront reality
Lucky Ken
How to ride the feelgood factor to the election
Gore the Bore
I once met Gore Vidal at a dinner party. He was less an intellectual heavyweight and more a drunken and repetitive bore
Steyn Power
Iconoclastic commentator — and hate-figure of the Left — Mark Steyn should be celebrated for his refusal to kow-tow to the liberal intellegentsia's consensus
Moscow Martyr
David Cameron's forthcoming visit to the Kremlin should not just be another exercise in deferential "diplomacy"