Remembrance Day
He Khan’t do anything wrong
The Mayor of London faces little accountability for problems in the city
Israel, Gaza and the realities of war
If the violence is to end, a political solution must come from within
The new reality of remembrance
We have lost a chance to build a more united narrative
Ban the protest
Against the pathology of tolerance
What we have forgotten
Modernity as a collective act of amnesia
Unmaking history
Stripping a people of its identity and history is the prerequisite to control
Why we must remember
The notion that freedom comes at a price seems to be one that escapes us
Time to forget?
Remembrance day is like an arts and craft spin-off of the Great British Bake-Off
Our man in Beirut
The “Glorious Dead” are often only “Glorious” when it suits us
“Left flanking or straight up the middle with bags of smoke?!”
Not another Armistice Day to get through. And what about all the other pressing issues for which there is no poppy?
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
