Czechoslovakia
What would Václav Havel have made of gender wars?
The former Czech president and playwright would have invited JK Rowling over for a beer
Derrida deconstructed
Derrida’s prose, which stops being turgid only in order to be turbid, is utterly incomprehensible
Smuggling Plato to Prague
Edward Lucas pays tribute to his father J.R. Lucas, Oxford philosopher and Cold War champion of the Czechs
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
The cinematic future is bright
“The End” is in sight for communal film-watching, right? Wrong
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
Ethnic identity is fine, as long as you’re not English
In the corridors of power, every ethnic grievance is welcome — except for the concerns of the English
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Doing shots
You can tell a lot about someone from their favourite Henry wife
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
The melting pot that boiled over
Beirut was once a playground for the rich and famous, but now seemingly destined for decline
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
