Ayatollah Khomeini
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Inside the Iranian diaspora
How the US government and the FBI dealt with Sadeq Qotbzadeh and other opponents of Tehran in the time of the Shah
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic