Alasdair Milne
Opiate of the masses
TV has become a branch of the pharmaceutical industry doling out heavy sedatives
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama