David Loyn
David Loyn is author of The Long War: The Inside Story of America and Afghanistan since 9/11 (St Martin’s Press, 2021). He tweets at @DavidLoyn
Birth of a four decade nightmare
Time and again, Afghanistan has found its future decided from afar
Fear and favour
Are the police guilty of a “two tier” approach? They are if their own “Police Race Action Plan” is to be believed
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Hurray for the Murrays
It is easy to forget how mediocre British tennis was before the Murrays
Reject the culture of death
Darkness lies beyond the euthanasia rubicon
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Britain isn’t the Balkans
The UK is not, despite heated rhetoric, on the brink of sectarian violence. But it is heading in the wrong direction
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
Telling tales out of school
Is it really about sex, race, generational hierarchies — or the changeable nature of student-teacher relationships?
Irreversible damage
Trans “healthcare” has been utterly discredited, but activists are undeterred by the evidence