Artillery Row
Keep calm and le Carré on
His pessimism about Britain proved untrue — and its own kind of comforting fantasy
Soft power superpower?
It’s easy to mock, but British influence is real — and a potent tool for good
Safeguards needed for children seeking home abortions
Pregnant women and girls must see a qualified health professional in person
Playing pipeline politics
The Gulf countries may not be reliable partners against Russia
The Curious Case of RS Archer
What is it about fake online identities that is so appealing?
Is Putin’s war turning genocidal?
Campaign Diary: Evidence of Russian war crimes found in Bucha
Should puberty be optional?
Girls deserve a better deal growing up — but avoiding puberty isn’t the answer
The moral chaos of Western foreign policy
You can’t take a stand if you don’t know where you stand
The death of Ideals
TikTok, goblin mode, and the end of Platonism
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Works and Piano Sonatas
If you want an entry point to Weinberg, this is it
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd