European Culture
Poland after the wedding
The Polish art scene is stuck in a futile game of tit-for-tat
On She/Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Yousaf resigns and Lavery is maligned in another weird week of Scullionbait
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
The central myth of Conservative centrism
The Conservatives are not suffering because they are too right-wing
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
A Labour of unrequited love
It will take more than vague apologetic gestures to redeem the Labour Party
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
