China Special
Will the Chinese “decolonise” Hong Kong?
Will a newly assertive Beijing seek to “decolonise” Hong Kong of the last visible signs of its colonial past?
China wolf bait
Chinese propaganda plays on the manifest faultlines of American society
The death of western cosmopolitanism
A global pandemic has shown how beneficial it is to have a strong nation state
America first
No one can sensibly doubt that American primacy is much more agreeable to us than Chinese hegemony
China: Cold war or hot peace?
The culture clash between East and West is complicated by interdependence
China: The rules of engagement
How should America deal with a newly aggressive and expansionist Beijing?
The masses might stone you
My time as the first foreign broadcaster accredited to Mao’s China
Women in prisons deserve better
Classifying male criminals as women adds insult to injury
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
13 Years Later
Who could be inspired by this zombie conservatism?
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
The case for Christian converts
Don’t let allegedly bogus conversions cause you to forget that real ones exist
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
