Albert Murray
Letter from Washington: Albert Murray and the case for complexity
A dissenting opinion in a revolutionary moment
The triumph of Irish populism
The three major parties went with what is popular, rather than what is right
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
