Africa
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Kemi Badenoch was right about the chaos in Clapham
Rioting as entertainment is a First World phenomenon
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Schrödinger’s schism
The Anglican Communion, for all of its internal disagreements, has yet to fall apart
Britain must stop subsidising the Ugandan regime
We are propping up a brutal dictator
A man of Rome, out of Africa
The Bishop of Hippo and his circle brought to full life and colour
A tale of two Africas
Ivory Coast and Eritrea are examples of two possible futures for African states
Ibrahim Traoré and the art of the paper coup
The Burkinabé dictator keeps facing coup attempts — or does he?
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing