The death of western cosmopolitanism
A global pandemic has shown how beneficial it is to have a strong nation state
China, America and the Kindleberger Trap
China is filling the void of retreating American influence
The ties that bind
Political unions are not determined by economic realities
Leaving Hong Kong – will China’s loss be Britain’s gain?
It’s Hong Kong’s middle class – not the hyper-wealthy – who may leave. But Britain may not be their preferred option.
Reconsidering the case for ID cards
If tracking Covid-19 requires “immunity passports” then why not as part of an ID card?
Tory Story
Playtime is never over in Westminster
The Sunak family firm
Being the wealthiest man in parliament hasn’t damaged Rishi’s image yet, but that may now change
Old tunes remastered
Penny, Liz and Boris — still rocking the political moshpit
Fat chance
Plus-sized actors and theatres rattling the begging bowl
Porn on trial
The exploitative economics of online pornography
An epidemic of misguided moralising
The difference between vaccine sceptics and advocates is not as great as it appears
Another Elizabeth, a second Anne
In our secular age the Queen has been Anglicanism’s most compelling representative
Incompetents abroad
Our hopeless foreign policy elite has no idea of what winning in Ukraine looks like — or how to bring it about
Who is feminism for?
A controversial new book argues that gender-critical feminism is bigger than the trans debate
Number 10 needs a caretaker
But who’s up for the thankless task of cleaning up Boris’s mess?
An alternative to higher ed
We need more paths for young people