Asia
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
Sinicizing the CCP
Xi Jinping’s cynical use of Confucius
In search of the lost “Greek” tribe of Alexander the Great
A trek through the Hindu Kush to seek out the ancient Kalash people, who claim descent from Alexander’s army
Seven years in China
COVID, nationalism and Beijing walls
A leader who loved Japan
How Shinzo Abe and his country resisted stagnation
To catch a culture thief
A vast global market in stolen and forged art and artefacts has only grown in the context of the pandemic, but technology and international policing may be catching up
Truly global view of World War II
Richard Overy has done a signal service with this compellingly written, impressively researched book
Bangkok’s revolt remains bloodless, for now
Is the tide turning against Thailand’s oligarchy?
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
The idea of the countryside Pt. 2
English rural life in theory and practice Pt. 2
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
