Conflict
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
Gradually, then suddenly
You don’t expect everything to change until it does
Alberto Giacometti’s visions of war
Sadly, the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti still speak to us today
Sleepless in Zaporizhia
Europe and America must not turn away from the struggles of Ukraine
The illusion of normality in Nikopol
Determination and death on the front lines of Ukraine
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
The organised anger of Israel’s Arab citizens
The violence that’s receiving much less media coverage than Gaza
Abed and me
David Smith recalls past conflicts between the Palestinians and the Israelis, and a special friend who kept him alive
Yemen’s ceasefire is a sham — the war is far from over
Recent developments in Yemen’s civil war show that the Iranian-backed Houthis are clearly considered the winning side
Syria’s civil war 10 years on
Syria’s war has licensed this century’s worst growth in violent depravity – and it shows no sign of ending soon
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment