One year on from home abortions
Faced with disturbing statistics and continued uncertainty, now is not the time for such a significant and permanent change to abortion law, says Andrea Williams
An American in search of the English national character
Daniel Pipes’s quest to understand the English national character leaves him none the wiser
Research and rescue
The Falkland Islands bids farewell to the RSS James Clark Ross and a Marylebone gallery hosts a virtual exhibition of Antarctic photographs
The problem with American isolationism
Despite the histrionics of domestic American opinion, a single rocket attack in Syria does not indicate that Biden’s foreign policy is likely to be more aggressive
Yemen’s ceasefire is a sham — the war is far from over
Recent developments in Yemen’s civil war show that the Iranian-backed Houthis are clearly considered the winning side
Why are poor people so much nicer than rich people?
It’s a broad generalisation – but the author can only go off his extensive experiences bouncing between the developing and developed worlds
The limits of optimism
Like Mr Stimpson in the film Clockwise, Boris Johnson is learning about the perils of fostering hope
The godfathers of Greek independence
From its very inception as a nation state, Greece learned that it needed allies with shared interests and values to successfully fight the Turks
Novel weapons
Could we be unwittingly researching both sides of a hypersonic arms race?
Letter from Washington: Lucky Joe
The surprising continuity of America’s Covid response undermines Biden’s central boast
Spit for freedom
Is it time to ditch the PCR?