Clive Cowdery
Prospect in middle age
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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
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
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.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Cofnas, Cambridge and academic freedom
Truly provocative ideas are still unwelcome in our universities
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions