Middle East
June letters
Hard power is the only currency that is truly respected
Every argument for Israel
Answering the case against Israel point-by-point
The new Ottomans
The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
What is Britain getting into in Yemen?
We have seen too many disastrous interventions to be confident now
Against the neoconservative case for Israel
British foreign policy should put British interests first
Gaza and hope
Amidst the horrors, could there be some signs of future peace?
God is in the details even of secular history
The story of the Middle East cannot be explained without religion
Haunting Ghosts
Two timely dramatisations of espionage in the Middle East
The rise of Arabofuturism
History is being forged in the Middle East
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
Is military history, history?
Tanks, but no tanks
The art world must escape gender theory
Grim, irrational ideas still dominate the Arts
Walking a tightrope
It is not easy for Jeremy Hunt to toe the government line without falling off
Pushing the boundaries
The map of the world is likely to be redrawn, thanks to the decline of post war Pax Americana, an expansionist Russia and China, and the push for ethnic sovereignty
Life as a lonely quadrant voter
Who should you vote for if you lean left economically and right culturally?
How I came to live in Looking-Glass House
How it feels to be exiled over political disagreement
Ringo Starr
The man cruelly mocked as “not even the best drummer in The Beatles” must be the most underrated musician of all time
Alcibiades
The Ancient Greek orator, philanderer, drunk, traitor and hero would have felt at home in modern politics
Why we all feel let down
Reflecting upon the corrosive power of disillusionment in politics and why our leaders are virtue vacuums who lack both competence and character
Trump the peacemaker?
Donald Trump’s survival should inspire him to seek an end to violence
