Global Politics
China’s Long March
How should the UK and its allies treat the rise of China?
British self-interested aid
Is it wrong that donor countries should also benefit from their development aid projects?
In praise of the military coup
Why, sometimes, military coups can be a force for good
Paging Uncle Joe
A workable CANZUK might be illiberal and unAmerican
Can we save our parish churches?
It will take cultural as well as institutional change
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
Fear Ireland’s shadow banks
The Emerald Isle is ripe for a volatile market correction
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
