The limits of vengeance
We should be careful to avoid natural outrage inspiring irrationality
What does philosophy matter?
Philosophy is essential to our modern times, but it can also be dangerous
For the love of Juche
Inside the sad world of North Korea apologists
In praise of perseverance
Satisfaction comes through effort and resolve
Are you not entertained?
The emptiness of popular culture
United in hatred
America’s crisis of legitimacy
On mentioning the war
What’s behind our obsession with World War 2?
William Golding and the curse of the dream
We must resist the lure of utopianism
The dilution of trauma
Exaggerating emotional struggles weakens our resilience
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Why the left has nowhere left to go
Chris Bayliss and Tom Jones discuss how progressivism got left behind
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
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