What the Polish election means
It has major implications for conservatism and left-liberalism in Europe
Between Middle Earth and the West
130 years from his birth, what can we learn from Tolkien?
Tomorrow in Poland
“Konfederacja” and PiS are predestined partners in the attempt to protect Poland’s identity and learn from the West’s mistakes
Ongoing lessons from the Battle of Warsaw
After the Miracle at the Vistula, a Miracle at the Oder?
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
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