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Send the tools to finish the job
It is imperative that the West once again becomes “the great arsenal of democracy”
Godfather of British geopolitics
The revolutionary global thinking of an Edwardian academic continues to shape attitudes today
The humanity of Horace
The wisdom of someone who has lived a little is at the heart of the verse of the ancient poet who was adopted as the mascot of the Enlightenment
France’s philosopher king
There is a jarring disconnect between Michel Houellebecq’s critiques of sexual liberation and his dissolute lifestyle
How does anything ever get built?
Builders have to meet ever proliferating regulations while single-issue pressure groups wield an effective veto
A radical right-wing trio
A new generation of radicals in France see their political mission as nothing less than saving European civilisation
There is still no pandemic plan
The Covid inquiry could help improve our response to the next crisis, but is not asking the right questions
Kenya’s history rewritten
Inflated Mau Mau death figures based on incorrect statistical projections have now become accepted as “fact”
The Pan Book of Horror Stories: top-drawer gore
Their lurid covers were catnip to bloodthirsty, impressionable teenagers
Burning effigies for the Man
The Wicker Man is an ironic masterpiece that exposes the paradox of paganism