Brian Close
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
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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 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 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
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.