The iciest apparatchik (Books) , January 2013, 76

The book of Enoch (Notebook) , October 2012, 78
A look back at the controversial and influential Enoch Powell.

Darkness at dawn (Books) , June 2012, 82

Omega men (Books) , January 2012, 84

King & the commissars (Books) , March 2010, 58
A review of Red Star over Russia by David King.

Never such innocence again (Features) , October 2009, 10
The Boys Own Paper remembered.

Notes of a drink-man (Books) , January 2009, 74
On Everyday Drinking by Kingsley Amis

Sacred monsters (Books) , October 2008, 68
On Blood & Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism, by Michael Burleigh.

Fixin' Nixon (Books) , March 2008, 57
On Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full by Conrad Black.

Campbell's soup (Books) , October 2007, 65
On The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alistair Campbell Diaries by Alistair Campbell.

Logue's odyssey (Notebook) , December 2006, 85