Cool
Gaspingly chic
The accoutrements of smoking are deathly cool
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
Stubbs at flay
His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
