Peter Howell
Monuments to victory and loss
This is a beautifully illustrated, handsomely printed and thorough, scholarly exposition of the triumphal arch
Le Pen surging as France prepares to go to the polls
France’s establishment parties are nowhere in Sunday’s election
Women should not be for sale
We must challenge the Left’s view of prostitution as “progressive” and “sex work” as liberating
Clearly raising the tone
What makes the perfect radio voice?
Lord of the Flies (but not the zippers)
Tribal warfare suits the chieftain of Tory island
It’s grim down South
Rakib’s Britain: Never mind the Red Wall, let’s talk about the East-West divide and a forgotten England
Unholy politics and a Christian exodus
Middle Eastern Christians are facing the threat of extinction
Labour’s Indian problem
The local elections suggest British Indians are drifting away from the Left
Why nuclear abolition should fail
The harsh reality is that the nuclear revolution is irreversible and makes major wars significantly less likely
Murders for July
The good, the beautiful and the grotesque
Literary festivals: sheer hell in a tent
To make people laugh for an hour is good business sense — but it says nothing about writing, or creativity, or art
A radical reframing of conservative tradition
Yoram Hazony’s purified conservatism risks losing touch with political reality