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The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define