Jordan
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Security is important — but you often have to keep a very close eye on the guards
Jordan: The coup that wasn’t
The strength of Jordan’s Hashemite monarchy is a precious thing — and one which only gets its due in rare moments of turmoil
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages