Heather Blurton
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Why we love pubs
Politicians are squeezing pubs out of existence without understanding why they matter
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Protecting what matters
The government’s new integration and extremism policy exposes a regime in denial
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system