Richard Nixon
Khrushchev – shoe banger for a superpower
On the 50th anniversary of his death – what should we make of Nikita Khrushchev?
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point