European Politics
Toryism à la mode
Could the legacy of French Gaullism breathe life into a listless British conservatism?
Italy and the f-word
What power does it have?
War wounds of Polish history
Overcoming suffering can be a source of pride
The countercultural island within conservative Hungary
A dispatch from Sziget Festival
Fracking is just common sense
The war in Ukraine has injected a healthy dose of realism into the West’s energy policy
Is there a cultural Iron Curtain emerging in Europe?
Central and eastern European states want a better standard of living, but not at the cost of their sovereignty
Hope and fear for Belarus
The protests in Belarus, like in Venezuela, may end up as a missed opportunity
The imperial court of the ECJ
The dismantlement of the EU’s separation of powers has wider implications, especially for the UK
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay