Lawfare versus warfare
Soldiers have been collateral damage in a cold-blooded political campaign
How to botch a war
A cluster-bumble of the greatest magnitude
Master of sword and word
Field Marshal William Slim was not only Britain’s greatest military field commander, but our finest soldier-writer, too
When young men headed East
The early growth of the Empire was fuelled by spices, not slaves
The British empire, for good and ill
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning offers the first serious counterblast against the hysterical orthodoxy
Violence against history
An aggressively one-sided book
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion