Frank Capra
Is it still a wonderful life?
The values Frank Capra celebrated seem to be fading in our times
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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
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The truth about Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was actually a black woman
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf