J.R. Lucas
Smuggling Plato to Prague
Edward Lucas pays tribute to his father J.R. Lucas, Oxford philosopher and Cold War champion of the Czechs
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
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An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business