China
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
Espionage and the cost of living crisis
Underpaid and overworked staffers are an easy target for Chinese cash
Espionage and the presumption of innocence
Even alleged Chinese spies are innocent till proven guilty
How China woos the Muslim world
Money talks louder than Uyghur Muslims can scream
Who exactly is “far right”?
If it is a threat then it has to be defined
Tracking modernity — trains in the modern world
On the complex realities of rail
Declining figures
British museums and galleries have yet to recover from Covid.
Facing the China question
What should, or can, be done about China’s power overseas?
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
