Artillery Row

War returns to Kursk

Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?

Action Tom

Can Tom Tugendhat MP resolve his vibes problem?

Brooding blokes

Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist

Two-tier immigration?

Britain has its border priorities out of whack

Perfect victims and a tale of two films

Don’t idealise victims — listen to them

The eternal lockdown of the soul

Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state

A leadership bid you can’t refuse

Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive

Their generation

How young rockers became venerable sages

Cynical in Venezuela

The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul

Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?

He does not have the right ambition and imagination