Argentina
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Don’t cry for Argentina
A reforming president and a vast new oilfield promise a bright future for Buenos Aires
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
Shock therapy, please
A frustrated Argentina has chosen radical economic reform
Argentina, crying for change
Outsiders are underestimating the scale of Argentinian discontent
In praise of being undiplomatic
The Falklands should always be the Falklands
Keeping it funky
An Argentine winery that revels in the old ways
Argentina and the Coldplay dollar
Financial chaos in South America
Mourning in Mendoza
The Queen’s global reach
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem