Espionage
The genre that came in from the cold
Why we love spy fiction
Britain is bungling its relationship with Beijing
From espionage to research, Britain’s approach to China is not fit for purpose
The sad face of espionage
The reality of Russian spying is more poignant and mundane than it might seem
Spies and butterflies
We should prepare for new modern forms of espionage
Haunting Ghosts
Two timely dramatisations of espionage in the Middle East
Is the age of the Secret Service over?
Intelligence was more important than the individuals who risked their lives providing it
Paper trail
Thrillers from Finland to Afghanistan
Espionage and the cost of living crisis
Underpaid and overworked staffers are an easy target for Chinese cash
Espionage and the presumption of innocence
Even alleged Chinese spies are innocent till proven guilty
Going to war
Iraq, Eric Ambler and me
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet