Localism
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
The curse of super-councillors
MPs should not be focused on the local at the expense of the national
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
The great American dream
Beware the lure of the vast US market
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over