Jeanette Winterso
Burning the books
Should writers be allowed to destroy their own work?
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
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.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Standout singers
If Music (Erato), Day of These Days (Delphian) & Eisnacht (Genuin)
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake