Diamonds
Let them eat filberts
The new owner of Antoinette’s jewellery will not just get exquisite gems but a provenance that is equally perfect and poignant
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states