Edmund Burke
Fathers of the republic
A long overdue reassessment of the whiskered High Victorian statesmen whose fervent but nuanced nationalism did so much to forge modern Ireland
Conservatism as tradition
Living in the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be
A flag worth defending
Ukraine’s brave struggle reminds us of the importance of national patrimony
Measure for measure
Give the imperial system its due weight and worth
Nothing ventured
Why the statue-smashers can’t tolerate civil society
Liberals aren’t their own worst enemies
Why do so many Western liberals behave as if they agree with Putin’s critique of Western liberalism?
Liberalism: a bad idea and how to cope with it
The piecemeal constitutional “reforms” of the last 20 years fall on the liberal side and the results have been predictably disastrous
Go woke, go broke?
The collapse of Vice Media is a story of an American left — aggressive, iconoclastic, irreverent — that no longer exists
Who’s advising the migration advisors?
We deserve more transparency when it comes to who and what influences British immigration policy
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
Britain’s first postmodern election
What Galloway’s victory really tells us about Britain
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
