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Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
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
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes