Jorg Heider
Sinn Fein and European Values
Brussels shuns Poland’s and Hungary’s governments – but will happily break bread with Sinn Fein.
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values