The American position in the Middle East courts peril
Keeping US troops in Iraq and Syria is too much of a gamble
Why are US troops in Syria?
It is time for them to go home
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
