Chris Newton
Dr Chris Newton is a military historian and a former defence policy adviser to the Conservative Party. Follow him at @drchrisnewton
The 1980s are calling
Liberal complacency has left us unprepared to face the crisis in Ukraine
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities