Intervention
Against war with Iran
Yet another foreign misadventure would be perilous and expensive for the USA
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived