Lord Lucan
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health