How siege warfare returned
Dark histories offer insight into our dark present
The Dear Leader and the gnome
Friendship between the Kremlin and North Korea is no joke
The rise and rise of military history
A fine new landmark in the welcome renaissance of a timeless genre
National dis-service
Patriotism can’t, and shouldn’t be, compelled
History is a battleground
How the world struggles to protect its heritage
The great grain war
Russian aggression is endangering global food supplies
The rise and fall of Prigozhin
How Wagner came down to earth
Bookshop serendipity
A bibliophile carries books like memories
Schrödinger’s summer offensive
The Ukrainian offensive is not what it appears
Going to war
Iraq, Eric Ambler and me
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
