The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Medieval treasures of Germany
Aachen and the great temples of medieval Europe seem like vast spiritual power stations
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Rising above the mob
Questioning is kryptonite to the genderist cause
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
