Descent into hell
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
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Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems