Leo Tolstoy
We have much to learn from nineteenth-century Russia
Since the Cold War we have, to our detriment, become increasingly blinded to the wisdom of the Old Russia
Pushkin House beats a bomb threat
A note of dread on a night about Eurasianism
Women aren’t “womb-carriers”
How the left internalised the misogyny of the modern state
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
I miss the Simon Ravens
Twinkly-eyed twentieth century mischief makers have crashed out of fashion
Unearthly study of life and death
Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel
Tory Story
Playtime is never over in Westminster
There’s nothing rebellious about Green “protests”
Elites accept most of their premises already
Error of judgement
How the Supreme Court got an issue of great constitutional importance so wrong
The art of the hype
Beyond its backstory, ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is both one of a series and an image made in part by a reproductive method
The right to a wrong-time to party
The Prime Minister remains sorry but not sorry