Safety first
The British state is failing to protect its citizens
The errors of escalation
What does it mean and why is it so dangerous?
Let them eat cake
Our food security deserves more attention
Back door diplomacy
A fine history of Operation Chiffon
“No thinking, please, we’re British!”
Our politics needs more strategic intelligence
Against history snobs
Al Murray proves himself to be more than a popular historian
Who cares who wins
The mythology of the SAS
Loyalty for sale
RAF veterans compromised British ideals by assisting the Chinese
Psychoanalysing autocrats
How the West tries to understand its enemies
Bleeding the Russian bear white
Britain, the US and the War in Ukraine
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
Is a guaranteed sale fair?
Auction house practices may be distorting the picture
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
