Always prepare for the unexpected
The instructive parallels between the Falklands and Ukraine wars
The diverse legacy of Robert Jervis
The death of Jervis is a huge loss for the study of international relations
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Sugar, sex and sacrifice
It would be foolish to casually abandon Christian ethics of restraint
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
