Bitter and twisted
Twitter could be a boon to academics. Instead, it has become the playground of a cynical cabal of work-shy mediocrities
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
The mother of all U-turns
Kemi Badenoch discovered that backing wars and opposing petrol prices is harder than it looks
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself