Franco
Fairgrounds, Franco, and the future of Spain
An author challenges her nation’s collective and individual self-deceptions
Spain and me
David Smith on why the years following Franco’s death will always hold a place in his heart
The dangerous lessons from Spain
Leading historian Nigel Jones argues the UK is now dangerously fractured along political lines
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
World Government or Peoples’ Governments?
As the nation state system falters, we are faced with a choice between centre and periphery
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
The death of Britannia Agoraia
Deindustrialisation has done damage even beyond the realms of economics
Crossroads of history
Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes