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
The dark horse of Durban
The work of Roy Campbell does not deserve to be ignored
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
A new low for women’s sport
The International Olympic Committee has disgraced itself
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
The West is weak
The Russian-American prisoner exchange sends a catastrophic message of Western frailty
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
