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?
Temperature rises in Paris
Paris unlocks but restrictions remain in place to prevent rioting
How about some vistas of beauty?
Covent Garden’s first post-lockdown offering is in a long, grim tradition
History shows that violence is ‘as American as cherry pie’
Violence is intrinsic to America and we shouldn’t expect it to cease being so when Donald Trump leaves office
What the Protocol border inside the UK is doing
What Jeffrey Donaldson thinks the government should do about that
Nicola’s song for Europe
Sturgeon spells out why Scotland’s path back to the EU would be hindered by an illegal referendum attempt
The moral injuries in store for NHS workers
Research is revealing invisible injuries beyond the traditional diagnosis of PTSD, with important applications for healthcare staff caught up in battling Covid-19
Remedial class
Keir Starmer thinks he’s dealing with an idiot at PMQs – as today showed, it’s a mistake to always underestimate your opponent
Why Damien Hirst is the perfect artist for the pandemic
Damien Hirst’s work encapsulates the sterility, isolation and obsession with death of these times, says Alys Denby
Krug, Dom Perignon & newer prestige cuvées: are they worth it?
Henry Jeffreys recommends some quality champagnes that won’t break the bank – just don’t serve them too cold or in the company of B-list celebrities
He tweets, he scores!
Allegra thinks it’s all over
Lie to me
The most dangerous offenders could beat a lie detector because they are often convinced what they’ve done is not abuse