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Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
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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
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan