The day of the drones
Ukraine has embarrassed the Kremlin and damaged Russia — but what comes next?
Signals across the centuries
Mistakes are not just being ignored or denied but obscured from history
Supremacy in the skies
How the Russo-Ukrainian War is being waged in the clouds
Munich and the changing face of European security
Donald Trump is wrong about Russia and Ukraine but he has a point about European politics
Stalin’s umbilical cord
Did the Arctic convoys actually do any good?
Don’t scoff at lunch
A midday meal away from the desk leaves us happier and more productive
Ukraine is in its strongest position yet
Russia has played nearly all of its cards, and lost nearly all leverage
How the fall of Assad has undermined Putin
He is struggling in Ukraine and he has now failed in Syria
The menace of camouflage
There’s something dark about the spread of sartorial concealment to civilians
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
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.
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane