James Stevens Curl
A transcendent life
James Stevens Curl’s 2018 demolition of the Modernist experiment signalled the return to high culture
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas