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Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
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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
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
“Fauxcest” is not a free speech issue
The government should ban this dangerous and disgusting genre
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless