Land of his birth
Little of the Hungarian aristocrats’ world remains, except a few crumbling buildings — and Count Bánffy’s stories
Memoirs of a Microaggressor
Will Collins traces the aristocratic roots of the social justice warriors’ search for purity
Rule of silence
Good laws can’t be made if we don’t talk about them, and bad laws can’t be repealed in silence
The myriad Mona Lisas
How the multiple Mona Lisa copies, and their prices, testify to the longstanding fame of the painting and its mystique
We need to forgive Shamima Begum
An ISIS bride calls Christianity’s bluff
Is Nadine Dorries the best we have?
Love or loathe her, she’s never pretended to be anything other than a populist
Advancing to Addis
History appears to be repeating itself as Ethiopia’s capital could once again fall to Tigrayan rebels
Making sense of the SNP
Anglo-Scottish relations from a historical perspective
Who wants to rule forever?
Being in power a long time doesn’t guarantee you’ll get things done
Letter from Washington: Biden’s Covid bind
How does the President really think the pandemic will end?
We, as a people, will get to the Borisland
Boris invites us to Utopia – where he is World King
Afternoon delights
Alexander Larman reports from a half-liberated, half-imprisoned world
Show trials for social workers
The professionals “guilty” of failing to accept the medicalisation of vulnerable children