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The problem of midwit misinformation
Iran, insurance and how smart people lose sight of the truth
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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
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
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.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
Morals before wealth
250 years after Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, an earlier work remains the key to understanding it.
Why we love pubs
Politicians are squeezing pubs out of existence without understanding why they matter
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning