Burma
Burmese days: for good and ill
There was much naivety in depicting the Anglo-Burmese engagement as one of mutual enlightenment
Kipling and Sinatra in Burma
The words Kipling chose should not be cancelled even if Frank Sinatra had a bit too much fun with them
The theft of a nation
The Burma Coup: why and what next?
Tarnished golden land
Graham Stewart reviews The Hidden History of Burma by Thant Myint-U
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Are all Christians monks?
George Guiver’s book exudes down-to-earthiness, bordering on irreverence
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
History unmakers
Our national treasures are morbid symptoms of a country in decline
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
