Charles Carroll
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
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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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
The great American dream
Beware the lure of the vast US market
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company