David Patrikarakos
David Patrikarakos is the author of War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century (Basic Books). His book Nuclear Iran has just been reissued by I.B. Tauris. You can find him on Twitter at @dpatrikarakos
Borderland: Europe’s Eastern faultline
Rising tensions over gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean are fuelled by Erdogan’s dream of expanding Turkey’s borders
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
Get rid of Rishi
Sunak hanging on can only make things worse for the Conservatives and worse for Britain
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war