conscription
British defence must be renewed
War may not be imminent but Britain must still be secure
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
National dis-service
Patriotism can’t, and shouldn’t be, compelled
The West’s Ukraine policy is no longer ethical
Conscription is a moral evil we should not support
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
The restless life of a very bourgeois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
Subscribe to save the BBC
A radical new solution to the problem of the BBC’s outmoded licence fee that could ensure more high-quality programming
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
