Afghanistan Tribe
In search of the lost “Greek” tribe of Alexander the Great
A trek through the Hindu Kush to seek out the ancient Kalash people, who claim descent from Alexander’s army
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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
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was