British Overseas Territories
How secure is Britain’s toehold in Cyprus?
What does the UK’s bilateral agreement with Cyprus mean for Britain’s presence in the eastern Med?
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
