Britishness
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
The fallacy of “British values”
Nationhood cannot be reduced to abstractions
The matter of Britain
Britain must rediscover its stories and dreams
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Is university still worth it?
Rising fees raise questions about the value of some degrees
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
Their generation
How young rockers became venerable sages
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
