Cancelled at Cannes
Sidelining the creator of a national movement is pure, unashamed revisionism
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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
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
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.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Asset-stripping on campus?
Selling universities to private companies risks destroying their charitable purpose
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”