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
What is Britain getting into in Yemen?
We have seen too many disastrous interventions to be confident now
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
J.K. Rowling is honest, not “nasty”
Attempts to discredit the author are increasingly pathetic
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
Necessary force
It was right for the US and the UK to attack Houthi military positions
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
The Conservatives should not cancel Christians
A Conservative party that demonises Christian convictions will cease to be conservative
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality