Latin Motto
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Cui Bono
Imperial College’s Operation Historyhide is a go-go
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not