Establishment
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
A great tribute to a giant of the theatre
Two major revivals of Tom Stoppard’s work
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.