Japan
Russia’s Tsushima moment
Campaign Diary: Putin’s regime is suffering from an old problem — imperial overreach
Japan v China — the history of a rivalry
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the centuries-old military rivalry between China and Japan
Pandemic Olympiad
The Tokyo games will be an uncomfortable charade
A fanatic heart
On the 50th anniversary of his public suicide, Nigel Jones reflects on the strange life and bizarre death of the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima
The man who restored Japan
Shinzo Abe has led Japan to overcome its war guilt and emerge as a major global power
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd