CCP
Our enemies bring our friends closer
How can antipathy focus the mind in international relations?
The giant with terra cotta feet
As July marked the one hundredth anniversary of the CCP, Alex Story examines its performance over the past fifty years
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
Profile: Salvador Allende
Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims in the face of economic chaos
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another