Pharos Foundation
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Most Read
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
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.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
It’s time to scrap SLAPPs
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation are stifling debate in Britain
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety