Francis Harris
Francis Harris was the Daily Telegraph correspondent in Prague, Central Europe, at the United Nations and in Washington. He was the paper’s Deputy Foreign Editor from 2000-2005 and is now an editor and freelance writer
What would Václav Havel have made of gender wars?
The former Czech president and playwright would have invited JK Rowling over for a beer
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
The imagination of Ensor
The great Belgian painter could enliven the most mundane scenes
Against immigrationnisme
Some immigration advocates will never accept even the potential validity of opposing arguments
The truth about London Bridge
Flawed narratives should not distort historical memory of the planning for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Let’s change the cultural meaning of the penis
Our genitals do not entitle us to anything