Alexander Morrison
Alexander Morrison is a historian of empire and of colonial warfare, currently Fellow and Tutor in History at New College, Oxford. His most recent book is The Russian Conquest of Central Asia.
Stop insisting the West is as bad as Russia
Critics of the democratic world are unwittingly spouting Kremlin propaganda
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
SEEN should be heard
A new group aims to remind the police to act without fear or favour
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Judith Butler has a projection problem
It is she, not gender-critical feminists, who seems to be afraid
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”