David Graeber (1961-2020)
A requiem for the radical anthropologist
Grace under pressure?
How effective have high-risk media events been for French foreign policy?
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal