Artillery Row
Space lasers over Kangerlussuaq
The Arctic territory is the frontline of a new hybrid war in communications
Emotional restraint
Josef Bohuslav Foerster: 2nd symphony; Cyrano de Bergerac (Naxos)
The end of liberal hegemony
Europe must decide if it can become a serious actor on the world stage
A man adrift
Flesh, by David Szalay, is not radically masculine but quietly humanist
Provocation on a flagpole
The nationalists in charge of Belfast don’t feel constrained by the qualms of unionists or Jews
Why the Budget was bad news for Gibraltar
The government is still neglecting the needs of British Overseas Territories
We need better Christians and better democracy
Religion need not improve our politics but it can
The case for diplomacy with Iran
Periodic military action is against American interests
Broken bonds
Can Britain’s social safety net be rewoven?
Bad public health research could drive a man to drink
No, alcohol consumption has not spiked since the pandemic
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave