Hungary
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
A fence in Röszke
Hungary is on the frontlines of the migration crisis
Orbán: guardian of liberal freedoms
Rod Dreher argues the west’s Orbán hysteria is absurd and that hungary is safe, civilised and democratic
Financial strain in the EU
Commission’s absurd budget proposal raises eyebrows
A tale of two tribes
The diverging fates of Central Europe’s Roma and Jewish musicians
The EU is not flat
Hungarian interests deserve recognition
Why Orbán endures
Critics of the Hungarian government have to understand its popularity
The countercultural island within conservative Hungary
A dispatch from Sziget Festival
Towards a right-wing Blob
Arguments are useless without institutions
The EU’s appetite for power
What has Europe learned from Roe v Wade?
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
