Dubai
Racing’s shame
British racing should have nothing to do with Sheikh Mohammed
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
The rise of Arabofuturism
History is being forged in the Middle East
Gangsters by the Gulf
Dubai and the rise of organised crime
Keir has much to fear
Keir Starmer should enjoy the election campaign because he may not enjoy the demands of power
Nesta, I detest ya
An engine of innovation has become a puddle of inanity
Rishi Sunak losing will be a blessed relief
The Conservatives should be put out of their misery
Fruitful discussion
Hannah’s Children is a sharp retort to assumptions about barefoot, bread-baking women harassed by scores of children and domineering husbands
Can Reform perform?
A Farage-less Reform campaign began with more of a splutter than a bang
J.K. Rowling does it again
Why does one woman’s opinion cause so much outrage?
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite
Going on a Truss hunt
We’re not scared — but Conservative MPs should be
The savage triumph
End Game 1944: How Stalin Won the War. By Jonathan Dimbleby
Medical science is oppressive
Illness and wellness are mere taxonomies of power
