Coffee
Two cafes, both alike …
Our correspondent investigates the north London front of the Israel-Palestine conflict
The rise and fall of an anti-capitalist café
What if — and I hope you’re sitting down — capitalism works better?
Gender gentrifiers
The Starbucks theory of sexual identity
No coffee, please, but Ethiopia can burn
Ethiopia, the home of coffee, falls apart under the world’s muddled gaze while Portugal implements arbitrary Covid-19 restrictions on caffeine consumption
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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 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
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
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The great betrayal
MAGA will always be Trump’s, but how much is an ever-shrinking coalition actually worth?
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
Badgers, banknotes and British decline
Ed Davey might admire Winston Churchill but he should have learned from him
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership