Artillery Row
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition