Byzantium
Heirs to Byzantium
Unlike Putin, the British have never really understood the central importance of Constantinople to European history
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable