Sinicizing the CCP
Xi Jinping’s cynical use of Confucius
The real benefits of loyalty and order
Evocation of a more hopeful culture lost is both the book’s strength and weakness
Russian Orthodoxy on trial
Symphonia or caesaropapism?
The empire strikes back
France is going to the polls in the shadow of its colonial past
Pardonable sensationalism
Kevin Lygo’s ‘The Emperors of Byzantium’ revives the dynastic, top-down history deemed passé by academics
Liberté autorité identité
France pivots to liberal authoritarianism, not conservatism
Failed state
How history makes rioters of the French
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?