Mark Almond
Mark Almond is Director of the Crisis Research Institute, Oxford. He has been a Visiting Professor at Bilkent University, Ankara, and the Hagia Sophia controversy concludes his book, "Secular Turkey - A Short History"
Two Cheers for Nuclear Proliferation
An obsession with the dangers of proliferation overlooks its positive effects
NATO’s at war with itself
Russia looks set to enjoy the fragility of its great adversary, the Atlantic Alliance
Erdogan’s Hagia Sophia move
Turkey has gone from darling of the EU, to Germany’s worst nightmare
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland