National Interest
The coming fate of middle powers
Why Britain’s future lies with sovereign partners
Can foreign policy survive migration?
A coherent national interest relies on a coherent nation. That can no longer be assumed.
History and the national interest
Those who do not learn from the past are liable to misunderstand Britain’s place in the world
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Bring back literary vendettas
Grub Street thrived when
there was an “establishment”,
movements and feuds
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion