Book Review
A game of thrones
Shelley Puhak’s woman-versus-woman rivalry between queens is only part of the story
High politics and unholy power plays
British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception
Surviving the love of a psychopath
Norman Scott gets the last word against the man who raped and plotted to murder him
Bombastic lecture on the evil empire
From the suppression of colonial documents, Caroline Elkins spins a tale of violence
Unholy politics and a Christian exodus
Middle Eastern Christians are facing the threat of extinction
A radical reframing of conservative tradition
Yoram Hazony’s purified conservatism risks losing touch with political reality
A successful account of the disastrous
When the Dust Settles is a record of an achingly human response to chaos and emergency
Heroism and high strategy
The story of how British commandos did the impossible
Rich history of the revolutionary poor
When rebellion stalked the streets of London
Going to the ends of the earth
A thrilling story of machismo, mutiny and madness in the Pacific
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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
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
We’re all living in America
For all the talk of “BRICS” and “multipolarity”, America is still number one
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy