Richard Francis
Small, but perfectly formed
John Self examines three varied, emotionally satisfying novels that together come in at less than the length of a single Mantel
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Robot recipes
Against cooking by algorithm
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
Only abortion is like abortion
Don’t tack on abortion to create an impression of progressive goodness
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
