Hilary Mantel
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Thomas Cromwell’s reputation
MacCulloch and Mantel have revealed a better side to the controversial Tudor statesman
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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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
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
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?