Fourth Crusade
A stirring tale of delicious complexity
From the Mongols’ conquest of Persia to their defeat by the Mamluks
Assaulting statues
The history of iconoclasm offers deeper lessons than are on display in the current statue-toppling craze
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
Escaping Plato’s goon cave
Vision Pro illuminates the telos of modernity and the narrowing of human experience
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
The West needs more decisive diplomacy
Diplomatic vacillation is enabling the spread of armed conflict
