John Torode
Trump Chic
How Thorstein Veblen’s “conspicuous consumption” explains the rise of The Donald
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
The Day Boris Became PM
“There was a gasp as Theresa May announced she was giving Boris her backing and loyalty”
End Of History — Or Clash Of Civilisations?
Samuel Huntington is now unfashionable on both Left and Right. But his global predictions look more accurate with every passing year
Lost And Found
The great Jewish writer Emanuel Litvinoff’s greatest novel has just been republished
The NHS? A Mess
‘Our rigid, unresponsive centralised healthcare system, designed by state-socialists and run by bureaucrats, serves neither patients nor practitioners’
Benn: Bomb Or Bust?
Hilary Benn is about to face his moment of truth
Smoke And Mirrors
‘The accusation against Harold Wilson is that the mystery concealed nothing’
Countering Corbyn
The Corbynistas’ five-year plan is becoming clear
Underrated: Hugh Gaitskell
The Eurosceptic Labour leader who died young but deserved to be Prime Minister
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal