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Now I’m a backbencher, I’m free to speak my mind
Politicians are supposed to have a survival instinct. Mine didn’t kick in last week, so I had no idea that…
New world order: can Britain, America and Australia contain China?
The new special relationship is here to stay
All bar none: there’s more to the pub than just drink
There’s more to the pub than just drink
Are NFTs memes – or masterpieces?
Are NFTs memes – or masterpieces?
Last rights: assisted suicide is neither painless nor dignified
Assisted suicide is neither painless nor dignified
Payday: who’s afraid of rising wages?
Who’s afraid of rising wages?
Why Brits like me have abandoned trucking
How a once fun job lost its charm
When will Britain wake up to the horror of Rwanda’s President?
When will Britain wake up to the horror of Paul Kagame’s rule?
The flaw in vaccine passports
The Egyptologist Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson interprets drawings in a tomb in Thebes as persons queuing up to have passports…
Kabul is now a city of the dead
Britain’s empty asylum promises
Our fascination with treehouses has deep roots
You can’t (and probably shouldn’t) design a treehouse. Treehouses should grow organically, in every sense: they must be made of…
Can cartoons be both funny – and diverse?
Can cartoons be both funny – and diverse?
Levelling up: the inversion of the welfare state
Why politicians are competing to bribe the affluent
How the left thought they were right to fight the war on terror
How the left thought they were right to fight the war on terror
What Britain should learn from Israel about booster shots
Third jabs need to be rolled out right away
Life under the Taliban’s charm offensive
The Taliban Cultural Commission sounds a contradiction in terms but for all foreign journalists it’s the first stop in the…
The hell of London’s ‘American’ candy stores
The hell of London’s ‘American’ candy stores
Tales from the Gulag: why I’m helping survivors tell their stories
Why I’m helping survivors tell their stories
How ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ is taking over China’s classrooms
How ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ took over China’s classrooms
The government’s social care reform plans don’t add up
The government’s social care reform plans are all wrong
The fight for the future of the Church of England
The fight for the future of the Church of England
The rise of the secular godparent
The rise of the secular godparent
The daring young man who gave his name to the leotard
Jules Léotard was blessed in his name. It might have been quite different had he been called, say, Jules Droupé.…
‘Britain is not a superpower’: an interview with Ben Wallace
The Defence Secretary on Afghanistan and the questions facing the West
At last, a dose of up-close culture in London
In London for the first time in 18 months, I was as excited as a child on a birthday outing.…
