China
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
The West needs more decisive diplomacy
Diplomatic vacillation is enabling the spread of armed conflict
Britain’s twilight war
The UK is fighting an unwinnable conflict in a world that it doesn’t understand, without plan or purpose
The multi-matrixed revolutions
Predictions of a new Cold War understate the complexity of the future
Xi bangs the drum
On geopolitics with Chinese characteristics
The worm in tech
Technology can magnify the effects of human evil
New beginnings, old problems
How did geopolitics evolve in the aftermath of World War Two?
Avoiding the apocalypse
Bold diplomacy must avert an unimaginable crisis in the Middle East
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
The age of the Sex Olympics
It is time to resist the pornification of the modern world
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Diversity is not our strength
The Khan Review reveals a society needlessly splintered along ethno-religious lines
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
What makes a gentleman tick?
Of course, there are watches and there are watches, and then there are watches
The never-ending question
Jonathan Gullis may still be in the middle of his parliamentary question
