BRICS
We’re all living in America
For all the talk of “BRICS” and “multipolarity”, America is still number one
The great grain war
Russian aggression is endangering global food supplies
Why Russia is still in business
Poor countries are focused on food and fuel, not black-listing Moscow over the Ukraine war
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
