Declaration of Independence
The republican “we”
The fascinating history of the American experiment by a pair of prominent historians and brilliant storytellers
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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 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
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 roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law
Punishing anyone before they have even been convicted of anything makes me uneasy
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants