The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
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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
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
The student loan debate misses the real question
Degrees should be less essential but more valuable
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The story of a lifetime
Whole life novels lay bare the randomness and haphazardness of life
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead