Direct Democracy
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
Imagine there’s no Gove
Who’s in the room matters, and there were some which would have been better off without Michael Gove
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
