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A conspiracy unmasked

Books

A conspiracy unmasked

Despite having no instinct for organisation and never using the jargon of modern business management, Margaret Thatcher had extraordinary political instincts. These are a central theme of Herself Alone, the third volume

October 23, 2019

African reset: will Covid-19 bring change?

African reset: will Covid-19 bring change?

It is tempting to hope that ordinary people will rise up and

Features

A boy’s own adventure

A boy’s own adventure

Privileged images: the photography of Jacques Henri Lartigue

Art·Drawing Board

A breath of fresh paint

A breath of fresh paint

A revival in figurative art and the changing face of portraiture

Art·Drawing Board

A hinge in history

A hinge in history

The tumult in Kiev 15 years ago seemed a victory for progress

Features

Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps

Critique

Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan was a writer with a rich hinterland—and an affection for

A focus on economic growth is too narrow

Features

A focus on economic growth is too narrow

The scale of economic inequality across the UK is scandalous. Roads and

Counterpoints

Sisters of liberty

Counterpoints

Sisters of liberty

A group of nuns have won their case against the Obamacare contraception mandate. But their religious exemption is only required because of the government's

September 3, 2026

Email Etiquette

Counterpoints·Modern Life

Email Etiquette

Emails are a sphere of communication which is crying out for the imposition of regular form

September 3, 2026

Flying The Flag

Counterpoints·UK Politics

Flying The Flag

Anti-patriotic liberals tell us that the BNP has hijacked the Union Jack but they are the only ones that make the connection between the

September 3, 2026

Not so fast, Nick

Counterpoints

Not so fast, Nick

Nick Clegg's new book How To Stop Brexit is shrill and bitter, and neglects to mention that his advocacy of the EU has been

September 3, 2026

Columns

Can we reverse the "long march"?

Open Season

Can we reverse the “long march”?

‘After a long time people are finally beginning to wake up to “the long march through the institutions”—the idea that left-wing “progressives” have to

December 23, 2020

Black and Asian Britons should not be treated as a bloc

Open Season

Black and Asian Britons should not be treated as a bloc

‘People do not vote as a bloc, and ethnic or racial groups—and often individuals within these groups—contain a multitude of political opinions’

December 23, 2020

There have always been “woke” students—the problem is their elders

Open Season

There have always been “woke” students—the problem is their elders

‘The people running these institutions—they’re the people who are actually cancelling the songs, renaming the buildings and withdrawing the paintings’

October 21, 2020

Can a white conservative be trusted?

Open Season

Can a white conservative be trusted?

There is particularly fertile ground for mistrust in an era in which fear has become a dominant public perspective

August 28, 2020

Dispatches

The Merkel era ends in angst and anger

September 3, 2026

The Merkel era ends in angst and anger

In Chemnitz, neo-Nazi street protests and rage against Germany’s liberal consensus erupt

Gaza Withdrawal Symptoms

Dispatches·Israel·Middle East

September 3, 2026

Gaza Withdrawal Symptoms

Israel's 2005 disengagement from Gaza has left lasting bitterness

Features

The Trump Presidency: A Worst-Case Scenario

September 3, 2026

Features

The Trump Presidency: A Worst-Case Scenario

The Oxford professor who correctly predicted the end of the Soviet Union now offers his prognosis of America for the next four years

Sex, politics and the new blasphemy

September 3, 2026

Features

Sex, politics and the new blasphemy

Westminster is scandalised by sexual harassment that would once have been treated as a joke. But does the nation take it quite so seriously?

The Arabs need us to support democracy

September 3, 2026

Features

The Arabs need us to support democracy

Since the Arab Spring, authoritarian regimes are on the march. To discourage democrats is bad for the West as well as for their peoples

Social market liberals of the world, unite!

September 3, 2026

Features

Social market liberals of the world, unite!

We need to restate the case for the free-market policies and liberal politics that have ushered in an age of unprecedented prosperity

Conor Cruise O'Brien and an African tragedy

September 3, 2026

Features

Conor Cruise O’Brien and an African tragedy

When the greatest living Irishman came to lecture in Cape Town, he had to defend free speech against the anti-apartheid boycott

Forced Marriages Dishonour Britain

September 3, 2026

Features·Islam

Forced Marriages Dishonour Britain

The fear of singling out Islam for criticism has so far blocked the criminalisation of the abduction and rape of Muslim girls

The Secret of Cheap Energy: Fire Chris Huhne

September 3, 2026

Energy·Features

The Secret of Cheap Energy: Fire Chris Huhne

The global price of gas should be falling, but our "greenest ever" government is busy driving up the cost of heating our homes

Back to the "Future Of Socialism", Mr Corbyn?

September 3, 2026

Features

Back to the “Future Of Socialism”, Mr Corbyn?

Tony Crosland’s social democratic manifesto is still worth reading. But its author is notorious for his crusade against grammar schools Little Jeremy and his

Caucasus: Diary, August-September, 2008

Caucasus: Diary, August-September, 2008

September 22, 2008

‘It was days after the ceasefire had been signed and the facts on the ground went square against what President Nicolas Sarkozy

An Array of Ageless Visages

An Array of Ageless Visages

September 23, 2008

The faces on show at the National Gallery and the Queen's Gallery are of their times, yet timeless

Lords and Ladies of Byzantium

Lords and Ladies of Byzantium

September 24, 2008

Ancient Greek culture, Roman law and Eastern Christianity all contributed to the longevity of the Byzantine Empire

Ditch the New Maths for Good Old Euclid

Ditch the New Maths for Good Old Euclid

October 22, 2008

Every pupil should have the chance to learn from the neglected father of geometry

New York: Diary

New York: Diary

October 24, 2008

‘New York feels much calmer than London about the financial crisis. It’s not clear if this attitude is a product of resignation

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