Three years before his death, the famous wit penned a poem to a doomed prisoner that became his own epitaph. Read more

‘But Trump…’ is no longer even close to being an adequate response to his son Hunter’s legal woes Read more

Those of us who defended the war (many more at the time) have spent 20 years filled with ‘if onlys’ and agonised attempts to work out where it all went

“Innocent until proven guilty.” That used to be the old standard with justice. You didn’t condemn a man until he had been found guilty by a jury of his peers.

A FULL quarter of a century ago, ­Londoners were given a vote as to whether or not we wanted a mayor. I voted No. Read more

A. E. Housman spent his life pining for a man who refused him. It was sad, lonely—bleak. But, my God, it was poetry. Read more

Europe, like lovely, liberal Canada, does not believe in the death penalty for criminals. Only for victims. Read more

There is a term which sums up the madness that New York is engaging in when it comes to the illegal migrants: “Luxury beliefs.” Read more

Ernest Dowson is a little-remembered poet whose language of love and loss we will never forget. Read more