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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How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
The great pandemic
How survivors attempted to understand their ordeal and rebuild their lives after the disease receded
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
The mistakes of marriage reform
New reforms to wedding laws are actually dangerously regressive
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?