Asia
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?
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real