Mark Ellis
Murders for June
The longer days can be just as dark
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
On a winning streak
Eventually streaks end, but it does not have to be The End
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam