A fork in the road
Badenoch seems to think she can coast to victory because Labour are every bit as hapless
Get tough, Kemi
The Conservatives will not shake off the burden of their legacy merely by reaffirming their “values”
In defence of excellence
The anti-elitist Left and libertarian Right are both wrong
Troubling Admissions
According to their own statistics, almost one in five Oxford students are disabled.
The end of the news
The appetite for all journalism wanes
December-January Letters: Stereotyping the Afghans
Foreigners should not damn the Afghans with low expectations
Who needs NATO?
If it has a purpose, it’s not to defend against a non-existent foe, but to ensure US patronage
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
Choosing enemies wisely
China manifestly wishes to avenge her past humiliation at Western hands
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Most Read
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
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Red tape and black markets
Prohibition is a criminal’s best friend
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish