Allan Massie
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
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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
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Dangerous liasons
Does Keir Starmer have a plan for dealing with Donald Trump?
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
The great betrayal
MAGA will always be Trump’s, but how much is an ever-shrinking coalition actually worth?
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
It’s time to scrap SLAPPs
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation are stifling debate in Britain