Nation States
What nation, whose interests?
The struggle for “democratisation” might achieve the opposite of its apparent aims
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
We do not need mass migration for growth
Critics of mass migration have to be careful not to concede too much in their arguments
Settlement disagreements
Shabana Mahmood and the Labour Party are absolutely hopeless on immigration
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Should I buy Breaky Bottom?
England’ greatest vineyard is up for sale for the first time. Henry Jeffreys looks into whether it will make a good business proposition.
Patchett is as good as she needs to be
Whistler by Ann Patchett; The Smiths: A Novella by Michael
Bracewell; Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)