Athens
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
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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 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 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 meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
Gradually, then suddenly
You don’t expect everything to change until it does
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
NATO needs the Germans to be up
European defence depends on a stronger Germany
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna