Features

Fleecing non-doms is the thin end of a bad wedge

23rd January, 2008

Allister Heath says that Brown’s poll tax on Britain’s 114,000 non-domiciled residents will drive away talent when our economy most needs it. Shame the Tories would do the same

Intelligence2 debate report: should we bomb Iran?

23rd January, 2008

Lloyd Evans gives a blow-by-blow account of the latest Intelligence2 debate

The Wiki man

16th January, 2008

The attractions of lo-fi technology

The economic consequences of Mr Brown

16th January, 2008

For all his claims to have singlehandedly engineered British growth, Gordon Brown is the architect of policies that undermine his desire for a better society, writes Irwin Stelzer

It helps if the doctor actually looks at the X-ray

16th January, 2008

James Hughes-Onslow reports on the wretchedness of breaking an ankle and then having to persuade the man in A&E that his agony was caused by more than a sprain

Europe returns to the Commons — and, this time, nobody is safe

16th January, 2008

Both Brown and Cameron face separate backbench mutinies as the revived EU Constitution — now called the Lisbon Treaty — comes before the Commons, says Fraser Nelson. Which of them will end up looking like John Major in the ghastly Maastricht era?

In the unlikely event that anyone wants my organs, it should be up to me

16th January, 2008

Rod Liddle says that the notion of ‘compulsory donations’ is oxymoronic and the pinnacle of the medical profession’s zeal to get its hands on our corpses

Birth order means more than school or faith

9th January, 2008

To understand those in power, says Alice Thomson, ask whether they are older or younger siblings. Brown, a middle son, is far less easy-going than Cameron, a youngest son

In less than a fortnight I turned down £2 million

9th January, 2008

Bryan Forbes is drawn into a cyberspace scam by an indignant ‘happily married’ woman who invites him to Madrid to arrange a princely payout

When elephants fight, the grass suffers

9th January, 2008

Aidan Hartley says that the violence in Kenya reflects the failure of the political class: better paid than their European counterparts in a nation where many live on 50p a day

Putin’s Tories: welcome to the Vlad and Dave Show

9th January, 2008

Denis MacShane says that the Conservatives’ refusal to align themselves with other centre-right parties on the Council of Europe has driven them into a shabby alliance with Russia

On to South Carolina: Hillary gets back on track

9th January, 2008

But it’s all still to play for, says James Forsyth. Senator Clinton’s astonishing comeback does not mean that Obama is finished by any means -— and John McCain has injected much-needed energy into the Republican primaries, too

This week's magazine - An Apology

3rd January, 2008

We are at war with hatred, fanaticism and despair

3rd January, 2008

When will we ever learn? The murder of Benazir Bhutto should finally convince us that we are in the midst of a crucial international war to stop Islamist terrorists destroying all that is best in our imperfect world.

An act of evil that recalled the atrocities of the SS

2nd January, 2008

The murder and mayhem in Kenya this week were the result of tribalism and corruption, says Michael Gove, but the West must not lose faith in promoting democracy abroad

Musharraf may now be the last best hope of Pakistan

2nd January, 2008

Pervaiz Musharraf presides over a fearsomely chaotic and dangerous country, says Con Coughlin, but he is probably the only man who can save Pakistan from self-destruction

Is a TV drama about the royal family sacrilege?

2nd January, 2008

Clemency Burton-Hill, who appears in the new ITV series The Palace, muses on the outrage it has provoked and the taboos that still govern fictional portrayals of the monarchy

Pakistanis now fear that anyone who speaks out will be silenced

2nd January, 2008

Benazir Bhutto’s son has none of his mother’s glamour, says Christina Lamb, but he must now do his dynastic duty in a country cruelly deprived of its only pro-Western, liberal leader and in which no one feels it is safe to criticise the establishment

God's role in politics

12th December, 2007

How those in power take the Almighty's name in vain

Christian Slater's second act

12th December, 2007

A Hollywood actor on the London stage