Defence committee articles
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In defence of Jonathan Yeo
If the basic job of a work of art is to be interesting, as I think it is, then Jonathan…What to read next: Farewell Nadhim Zahawi, you won’t be missed | The Elphicke affair has made Starmer look incompetent and unprincipled | Iran’s president and foreign minister killed in helicopter crash | Inside Scotland’s Post Office scandal
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In defence of parliamentary procedure
Gabrielle de Vietri is a member of the Victorian Parliament. In my view, it’s time she acted like it. A…What to read next: The making and un-making of a feminist radical: my story | Painting Gina: National Gallery hypocrisy over cruel Rinehart portrait | His story as history | Dutton dressed as lamb – things you could never say to a female Labor MP
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The case for the defence of barristers' wigs
Barristers’ wigs are the latest front in the war on the eccentricity and traditions that make this country unique, says James Price “What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?” asks Bertie Wooster during one of his many misadventures. Jeeves, as omniscient and fundamentally right about everything as ever, replies, quite correctly: “There []