George MacDonald Fraser
Rogue male
Scoundrel, liar, cheat and toady, George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman is a creation of genius and a bracing antidote to our timid age
Godfather of British geopolitics
The revolutionary global thinking of an Edwardian academic continues to shape attitudes today
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
Britain is draining vulnerable health systems
Short-termist immigration policies are also damaging foreign nations
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
Britain’s twilight war
The UK is fighting an unwinnable conflict in a world that it doesn’t understand, without plan or purpose
SEEN should be heard
A new group aims to remind the police to act without fear or favour
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
The cowards, the pretenders and the woman-haters
Awkwardness is no excuse for not supporting the gender-critical cause
Ukraine’s cross-cultural contradictions
Has Ukraine overcome its legacy of historical antisemitism?