Eastern Europe
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
The return of the strong gods?
It’s the first time a European nation has enshrined a special place for a pagan religion
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
Perkūnas in Kent
Eastern European “native faith” movements in the UK
The museum tells it how it was
On the creation of national identity
Riches of the east
Mikanowski’s timely book pours iridescent light on the lands and peoples of Eastern Europe
The demolition man
His legacy impresses and frustrates
Stop monstering Hungary
Our brave author put his head in the mouth of the Hungarian dragon
Tomorrow in Poland
“Konfederacja” and PiS are predestined partners in the attempt to protect Poland’s identity and learn from the West’s mistakes
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship