Amnesty International is wrong to brand Alexei Navalny an anti-hero
The response to the political plight of Navalny has demonstrated that many civil rights organisations are neither principled nor brave
Unravelling the myth of George Soros
Emily Tamkin’s ‘The Influence of Soros’ is a lucid, subtle and fair-minded attempt to grapple with a tremendously complex legacy
Stephen Cohen: historian, polemicist and friend of Gorbachev
Cohen was a prophet of America’s decline
The world leaders who battled coronavirus and won
How is it that our most eccentric world leaders have been the ones disproportionately affected by Covid-19?
American puritanism lives on
Judge not a sext lest your sexts be judged
Report from Belarus
There is no one left to fight for Europe’s last dictator and his Soviet utopia
We need more Lord Lebedevs
Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage should be celebrated – other members of the Lords have much closer links to the Kremlin.
A damning report
For Americans, the UK’s Russia report is the proverbial canary in the coal mine
Communal unrest breaks out in France
Vladislav Davidson explains the most bizarre communal violence in recent memory
Macron needs another reboot
The French people are not happy. Can their President do anything to change that?
Badges of obedience
Behind the NHS Rainbow is compulsory training and enforced ideology
Discrimination in the womb
Neither Heidi Crowter nor her husband feel Down’s Syndrome means their lives are not worth living
The Trojan Horse of Stonewall
Why did the BBC give money to a pro-trans lobby group in the first place?
Light and shade of a complex Eden
Rodgers and Cavendish gamely and colourfully attempt both to tell the stories and capture Granada’s long-standing mysterious appeal
The Diary of Dilyn the Dog
As told to Robert Hutton
The best there is
Frankie Dettori’s unmatched skill, underestimated bravery and unprecedented love for the horses
Modernist architecture melts our brains
Findings from lockdown suggest environments lacking the complexity of life may pose a threat to humanity
Beethoven, Birtwistle: A bag of bagatelles (Wergo)
Those who listen to music with an open mind are going to have a ball with this
Celebrity crime novelists: the latest literary fashion
Crime and thriller titles have replaced Strictly Come Dancing as the new craze for celebrities
Canada’s gender ideology obsession
Olivia Hartley speaks to Chris Elston about the progression of gender ideology in Canada