Permanent Secretaries
The problem with career civil servants
Officials have little incentive to deliver
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand