Tim Montgomerie
American Conservatives Must Stand Up To Trump
Who governs America matters to every citizen of the world. Yet a bigoted demagogue stands a real chance of being elected President
Underrated: Owen Paterson
The Cabinet’s leading environmental sceptic has charted a steady rise to his new job as Northern Ireland Secretary.
How to Retake the Moral High Ground
Cameron will only break Labour’s monopoly of morality by finding the words and tools to redefine Bush’s compassionate conservatism
Iain Duncan Smith
The “quiet man” has nerves of steel, and his welfare reform may make the Conservatives the natural party of government again
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past