Imperialism
The new age of empires
The world faces a new reality: three predatory imperial powers in Russia, China and the USA
The damaging myth of the “martial races”
An Imperial hangover has caused the elite romanticisation of Afghan migrants
Britain was not built on slavery and imperialism
At least in its current, extreme interpretation, the Williams Thesis is almost certainly false
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Maligning the missionaries
Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?
Empire by way of Europe
A new book places the quest to keep Algeria French squarely at the centre of European integration
A tragedy of manners
Is the US endangering its status in Europe?
Against the hysterical consensus
The US has to confront its own global identity
The immoral case for restitution
Britain does not owe Greece the Parthenon sculptures
Is classical colonial?
Naive proposals to “decolonise” Western classical music risk losing the richness of its history
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette