Bashar al-Assad
Syria’s civil war 10 years on
Syria’s war has licensed this century’s worst growth in violent depravity – and it shows no sign of ending soon
Endless tragedy of blood and sand
Syria’s civil war is the latest grisly chapter in more than a millennium of conflict
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
Keir: more than just a lucky general
Neither Left nor Right can accept that Starmer’s impressive focus and strategic sense is responsible for transforming Labour’s prospects
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
Big town life
Force for progress, loyalist fortress, or den of iniquity — the English town has been all of these, and more
Three cheers for peers of mature years
Removing some of the wisest and most experienced voices in the House would be destructive and wrong
Schoenberg’s morning and night
Arnold Schoenberg: Expressionist Music (Orchid)
Ireland’s surrogacy scandal
The Irish inferiority complex grasps at any first — no matter how low
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona