Algeria
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Why France keeps rioting
C’est la vie Parisienne
Empire by way of Europe
A new book places the quest to keep Algeria French squarely at the centre of European integration
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
When compassion kills
Decriminalising vagrancy is no act of kindness