Defence
The coming fate of middle powers
Why Britain’s future lies with sovereign partners
Prepare for life without America
Trump’s National Security Strategy has put Europe on notice
The end of liberal hegemony
Europe must decide if it can become a serious actor on the world stage
A gross dereliction of duty
The British Army’s ammunition stockpile would only last a week of war
Security guarantees can guarantee insecurity
Trump should say no to a U.S.-Saudi defence deal
The folly of disarmament
Why Zarah Sultana is living in fantasyland
NATO must stand firm against Russian provocation
The Kremlin loves to probe for weaknesses — it must not find them
How progressive authoritarianism is putting national security in jeopardy
The Government’s approach to the defence sector needs to protect our interests
Don’t panic about Putin
Potential Russian provocation should make us determined but not hysterical
The meaning and meaninglessness of military parades
A show of force might be a disturbing display of intent but it says nothing about military readiness
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning