Richard Nixon
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Time to get real on Ukraine
What doth it profit a man if he gains the whole of Ukraine, and yet loses the balance of power?
Boris’s Tricky Dicky problem
When Carrie does it, that means it’s legal
Khrushchev – shoe banger for a superpower
On the 50th anniversary of his death – what should we make of Nikita Khrushchev?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not