Bartle Bull
Bartle Bull is the former foreign editor of Prospect. His next book, a history of Iraq, will be published by Grove/Atlantic in London and New York
The triumph of the Trump doctrine
An appraisal of the President’s foreign policy would find he was consistent, traditional, multilateral – and highly successful
Endless tragedy of blood and sand
Syria’s civil war is the latest grisly chapter in more than a millennium of conflict
The real St George’s Day
The week in fragile people and fragile porcelain
Anatomy of a populist cynic
As Spain’s national-conservatives get outflanked by “Alvise”, Europe’s “new right” would do well to watch the fringes, too
Reboot camp
In the desperate hunt for stories, adaptations are now all-dominant
My police stalker
What do you do when you are being targeted by someone within law enforcement?
Save yourselves
We should not underestimate the deep seriousness of sex
JD Vance’s tech policy is a MAGA microcosm
Does JD Vance hope to restore the Jeffersonian tradition of freedom?
The soul of gender
How trans ideology appeals to deep spiritual instincts
Sunak of many colours
He has become all things to all people, that he might save some seats
When things could only get better
Fans of the 1990s aren’t nostalgic reactionaries. They celebrate an era of optimism, peace, prosperity and great popular culture
Can we balance re-enchantment and reality?
We should not throw out the civilisational baby with the consumerist bathwater
Labour’s economic plans are a disaster waiting to happen
They won’t save the planet and they won’t save the economy