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Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
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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
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
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Graphics, games and occult entities
A retrospective of Treister’s work reveals the frictions in the artist’s motivations
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
UnappEaling comedy
A “loose, loose reimagining” of Kind Hearts And Coronets does not really work
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world