No blueprint for Putin’s War
The lesson of the Soviet-Finnish War warns us against misunderstanding a war in progress
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
