Columnists

Welcome to Starmer’s Britain, where class hatred will ruin our private schools

There’s no suggestion of adding VAT to university fees as well, but then that wouldn’t give Labour the satisfaction of smiting the rich

Allison Pearson 26 Mar 2024, 7:19pm

Camilla Tominey

Growing up with an alcoholic mother, I became a coper and a doer

Allison Pearson

Welcome to Starmer’s Britain, where class hatred will ruin our private schools

Allister Heath

Western civilisation is being driven to oblivion by the false prophets of ‘diversity’

Fraser Nelson

Furlough didn’t save millions of jobs. Its true costs are only now becoming clear

Janet Daley

Betrayed voters are finally exacting revenge on our arrogant elites

Nick Timothy

Our economic model is bust. Being a services superpower is not enough

Philip Johnston

Bevan’s NHS legacy is in tatters, and Labour will have to repair the damage

Charles Moore

War on leaseholds is an attack on property rights

Juliet Samuel

Universities can cancel your degree for wrongthink – and there’s no real right to appeal

Madeline Grant

Penny Mordaunt drops first mention of ‘frottage’ in Hansard history

Sherelle Jacobs

Sunak must go – a new leader is the only chance of avoiding extinction

Daniel Hannan

Moral arguments over the state pension are irrelevant. There is no money

Bryony Gordon

You don’t have to live in a chocolate-box cottage in the Cotswolds to be happy

From finding your tribe to celebrating the positives, here’s how to find contentment wherever you live

Bryony Gordon
Will we ever stop judging women on their weight?

Bryony Gordon
I’m not surprised women prioritise sleep over orgasms

Bryony Gordon
Having ‘bad nerves’ doesn’t make you a wimp

Bryony Gordon

Celia Walden

Finally women can blame their snacking on evolution

A new study suggests that gender differences in approaches to eating may have primeval origins

Celia Walden
No teacher should have to face extremism like this

Celia Walden
‘Inclusivity’ warriors only serve to alienate – and irritate – people who actually want progress

Celia Walden
The Diana crash advert shows just how much we have dehumanised the Royals

Celia Walden

Suzanne Moore

All Humza Yousaf’s Hate Crime Act will achieve is to stir up more hatred

Humza Yousaf’s new legislation supports a load of nonsense at the expense of free speech

Suzanne Moore
An autumn election is cowardly and patronising – Britain must be let out of the waiting room

There can be little optimism about the future when the future is so consistently placed on pause

Suzanne Moore

Michael Deacon

Why is the Church of England so horrified by ‘whiteness’?

The CoE’s adoption of trendy woke jargon has become a pitiful embarrassment

Michael Deacon 26 Mar 2024, 7:00am

Jemima Lewis

Britain’s nihilistic new drugs culture reflects the state we’re in

As our country sinks into despair, even our addicts search for stronger pain relief

Jemima Lewis
We’re paying a high price for refusing to put our pets down

Jemima Lewis
Police officers aren’t always the villains they’re made out to be

Jemima Lewis
British parents have forgotten their most basic responsibilities

Jemima Lewis

Zoe Strimpel

The UN’s anti-Israel resolution is just the latest iteration of its age-old enmity

The Jewish state is well-used to attacks from such pillars of humanitarianism as Russia, China and Algeria

Zoe Strimpel
Women and men have differently-wired brains. So what?

Zoe Strimpel
It’s chilling how quickly the October 7 massacre is being forgotten

Zoe Strimpel
Sex toys for the middle classes? John Lewis might be on to something

Zoe Strimpel

Tom Welsh

The Tories should stop treating London as if it’s a permanently Left-wing city

Many Conservatives see political benefit in actively levelling the capital down

Tom Welsh
Persecution of motorists could soon make driving an elite pursuit

One London council's planned reform of parking permits offers a worrying glimpse into the future

Tom Welsh

Tom Harris

Even nationalists are waking up to the disaster of Scottish independence

Dia Chakravarty

The ‘anti-racists’ want me to hate Britain

Simon Heffer

Hitchcock was a dirty old man – but I’ll still watch this gripping classic

Norman Tebbit

Is eventual Irish unification now inevitable?

Jane Shilling

The grammar fightback is here – it is led by an unlikely source

Tim Stanley

Rishi gets his ear chewed – but not in the Russian way

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Britain could be a world leader in nuclear power, but not with old technology

Scattering taxpayer money in a bid to keep everyone happy is not a coherent strategy

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Federal Reserve is preparing for a hand-brake U-turn on interest rates

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Labour economists see rising recession danger in the US

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Nuclear fusion for the grid is coming much sooner than you think

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Jeremy Warner

Too late, China wakes up to the threat from within

Population decline makes fears over the Chinese threat look increasingly illogical

Jeremy Warner
Prepare for a population explosion that will make immigration even worse

Jeremy Warner
Labour only has one tool to stop Britain’s collapse into a third world country

Jeremy Warner
Britain is about to suffer a massive collision with reality

Jeremy Warner

Boris Johnson

Our support for Israel is as important as that for Ukraine

We are now battling for the same values and the same ideals, against the same anti-democratic and terroristic forces
The Commonwealth gives Britain a boost

The invisible threads which bind our family of nations are of immense practical value for trade
We cannot go on like this. The West must end its dependence on Vladimir Putin

Writing exclusively for the Telegraph, PM says Russian leader has exploited our need for his oil and gas, but now we must take back control
We are injecting funds to restore Britain’s status as a scientific superpower

Had it not been for our scientists, we would not now be able to enjoy the most basic human freedoms
Strengthening the sinews of our transport network will make the road to recovery smoother

A segmented, regional approach has left us with needless bottlenecks and endless delays, but a new strategy will get us back up to speed
We are still fighting this devilish virus, but this New Year really is one of change and hope

In the last few days of 2020, two big things suddenly went right. A great new deal with our European friends and a new vaccine against Covid

Con Coughlin

Putin must now realise he’s been fighting the wrong war

Judith Woods

Our children can teach us a thing or two in the kitchen – and it’s all thanks to TikTok

Matthew Lynn

Britain cannot fine its way back to solvency

Liam Halligan

The bold rate cut exposing the Bank of England’s lack of courage

Asa Bennett

It is a credit to Global Britain that Liam Fox's WTO candidacy has got this far

Christopher Howse

Sacred Mysteries: A favourite hymn that slept for three centuries