Moscow
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Buildings for butchers
How should we judge the grandoise building projects of murderous dictators?
Kiev and Moscow: a tale of two Russias
Ukraine threatens Putin because it offers an alternative version of Russia
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration