Francis Hoar
Liberty in lockdown
Is it time to release democracy from quarantine and resuscitate the rule of law?
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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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Worldviews apart
There are disturbing differences between how British Muslims and non-Muslims see the world
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The great creative course illusion
How universities mistook access to courses for access to creative life
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.