Chapel of Christ the Redeemer
A neoclassical style fit for a Queen
The beaux arts tradition lives on
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It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule