India
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Manifestos, multiculturalism and the British millet system
Competing communitarian manifestos provide a dark glimpse into Britain’s future
The Modi-fication of British politics
Both parties should stop seeking approval from sectarian Hindu nationalists
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Britain’s Hindu nationalism problem
An ideology of grievance and power could cause problems for Britain
Kill or be killed: the charming cut-throats of the wild frontier
Visiting the site of a long-forgotten siege in the Hindu Kush
Defenestrating a feminist filmmaker (w/ Vaishnavi Sundar)
Trans debates have erupted in India as well
Across the universe
How railways conquered the world
Why Russia is still in business
Poor countries are focused on food and fuel, not black-listing Moscow over the Ukraine war
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
