Trump returns to backwater Britain
The country remains trapped in economic mediocrity
Brexit
Tuesday
Saturday
One issue I can’t stop snubbing the left over
The New York Times and the left assume that ‘strategic frostiness’ is one-way
Monday
The Europe of American imaginations no longer exists
It’s America that has quietly raced ahead this century
Friday
A pleasant respite from the tumult in Cambridge
It’s far from clear that Great Britain, or Europe, for that matter, can provide a sanctuary from Trump
Thursday
The era of ideological, overreaching and omnipresent government
The faults and weaknesses of civilizations, like those of individuals, become more pronounced as they age
Thursday
London to Amsterdam via Brussels: taking the long way
My spin on Eurostar’s post-Brexit security checks: slow travel
Tuesday
The rise of English wine
The fairytale moment for English wine is here
Friday
Brussel or Bruxelles? Even the locals can’t agree
Belgium’s capital offers a stimulating and baffling mix of fast and slow
Wednesday
Does Biden have a problem with King Charles?
Plus: The IRS comes for Matt Taibbi
Tuesday
Eating from Lisbon to London and back again
Digital nomads are benefiting from new restaurants such as Lisboeta and Gunpowder
Wednesday
The ‘natcons’ are here to stay
Internal fights there will be, but they will make the right stronger
Thursday
Why we’ll all miss Boris
He had more élan than any prime minister since Margaret Thatcher
Friday
The EU needs to stop playing politics with law
The Lugano convention – part of a tapestry of complicated international law agreements ensuring the courts of one country recognise the courts of another – has a dull name but it matters a great deal. Since the EU referendum, the convention has played a small role in the great internecine conflict between Britain and Brussels. Much energy has been wasted in this series of pointless bust-ups. And now, the EU is determined to use the Lugano convention – a playing field it claims to control – to ensure Britain pays a price for Brexit, by effectively blocking us from rejoining the convention. Why does this matter? Because without the convention,
Thursday
Spectacular invective: Jonathan Meades lets rip about Boris and Brexit
The title alludes to Jonathan Meades’s first collection of criticism, Peter Knows What Dick Likes, and to the album by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in their scabrous personae of Derek and Clive. Meades explains the title in his introduction: ‘It’s akin to “Two-Hour Dry Cleaners” where the operative, out of her head on perchloroethylene, tells you that’s just the name of the shop and it’ll be ready a week Tuesday.’ This does not exactly clear matters up but at least I found it funny. And there is much to find funny here. A critic or essayist who is incapable of humour should be discarded. That said, bear in mind
Wednesday
Biden cares about borders — as long as they’re Irish
The emerging signature of this presidency isn’t radicalism and ruthlessness: it’s incompetence and unreality
Thursday
Nigel Farage: Trump is taking us back to more traditional alliances
The Brexit party leader discusses China, Boris and his recent trip to the US
Monday
Who is Dominic Raab?
A karate black-belt and former Foreign Office lawyer working to prosecute war criminals is deputizing for Boris Johnson
Tuesday
After liberalism
Are we entering a new era of political thought?
Wednesday
After Brexit
A US-Britain trade deal would be a boon for Boris Johnson and Donald Trump
Sunday
French disconnection: how Emmanuel Macron went from savior to failure
Macron needs help and his new best friend, bizarrely, is Britain’s prime minister
