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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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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer