Articles

The following letter, published in the Christmas edition of The Spectator, was prompted by a review of Graham Brady’s memoir, Kingmaker: Secrets, Lies and the...

Some of the obituaries of John Prescott, who died on 20 November, referred to his early career as a ship’s steward. In January 1957, he found himself looking...

Lord Lexden has been profiled in Parliament's The House magazine this month. “No aged person should be pessimistic,” says Lord Lexden. The Conservative Party’s...

On 4 December 1924, words that were to become very well-known —one nation—were heard for the first time. They came at the end of a great speech by Stanley...

The book review that follows was published in Parliament’s magazine The House on 25 November. Its editor was kind enough to say that “your review of Buckingham...

The following letter was published in The New Statesman on 22 November. Lord Northcliiffe was the greatest press baron of his time, but cannot be censured for...

At the end of the 17th century an Archbishop of Canterbury resigned because he was unwilling to swear allegiance to the Dutch King William III and his English...

The following letter was published in The Times on 4 November in a brief reply to a claim that Tory is a “pejorative” name, which should be dropped by...

Labour say that they will exempt a small number of children at independent schools with special needs and disabilities (SEND) from their iniquitous VAT levy...