Data Journalism
Can population density really tell us anything about Covid?
A closer look at the data suggests suggests otherwise
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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 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
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
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Starmer’s union trap
Labour has handed power back to the unions, and is now discovering the cost of obedience
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Why we love pubs
Politicians are squeezing pubs out of existence without understanding why they matter
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics