Artillery Row
When bad reviews attack
Book reviews are not the preserve of the literary dilettantes — they have real power
Kiev and Moscow: a tale of two Russias
Ukraine threatens Putin because it offers an alternative version of Russia
Interview: Semyon Bychkov on Ukraine and nationhood
He discusses exile, the horrors of totalitarianism and why Russophobia is not the answer
On and off the road
Jack Kerouac’s reputation should rest on his whole oeuvre — not just his most famous novel
The perils of prosperity
Does the decadent West have the will to defy Putin?
As war rages we must not give in to hate
Human lives escape the simple enmities of war and nationalism
Putin must be mad
…and other lies Western elites tell themselves
Stumbling blocks
Owen Hatherley offers a vital but frequently flawed guide to post-war British architecture
Who is a Ukrainian musician?
Music and ethnicity are both more complex than nationalism allows
A quiet revolution
Enough of reformers who want to turn schools upside-down without knowing which way is up
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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
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Eroticism and intrigue
Out of Vienna (Alpha-Classics)
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting