Great War
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
Lifeless life of a Technicolor titan
Ronan McGreevy plumbs new depths with his pitiful accounting of a great man’s death
The solipsistic siren
The sexual liberation and unrequited search of Nancy Cunard emblematises 1920s Paris
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Stop underestimating British tech
We should not surrender to the idea that American companies can do everything better
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won