Peter Whittle

“After the Brexit vote I was thrilled by the feeling of being on the right side of history”

‘You cannot measure the success of a city by the number of coffee chains it can support’

“In ways that were unforeseeable at her accession, the Queen’s symbolic unifying function is becoming more important as Britain faces social and economic division”

‘Occasionally one reads of an incident in this great metropolis so awful, so disturbing, that just for a moment one’s mental moorings are shaken’

The monarchy, and its central function as a symbolic unifying force, have been given a new lease of life by citizenship ceremonies

Michael Bloch’s deft biography turns Jeremy Thorpe’s life into a page-turning narrative

“The contemporary super-rich have little in the way of roots or connection, and therefore little sense of obligation”

“Wasn’t the death of Lee Rigby—carried out by barbaric extremists who singled him out purely for what he objectively was, a soldier—the very definition of a hate crime?”

‘It is assumed that the capital is a standing rebuke to all those who voice concern about unfettered migration. But surely Londoners leaving London is a cause for concern’

The impresario has a bracing honesty and has added to the gaiety of the nation