Saddam Hussein
Christopher Hitchens’s War
Commentators used 9/11 to keep framing the world as liberty versus totalitarianism
Shifting sands for Saudi
The Kingdom’s attempt to float Saudi Aramco didn’t go fully to plan
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Save this perfect Welsh building
The Church Institute and Churchmen’s Club at Llanfairfechan need, and deserve, to be preserved
I don’t like Mondays
Rishi Sunak has had enough of domestic politics, and is hoping a shooting war in the Red Sea will sway his fortunes
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
Why the Voice failed
The Australian establishment has been too focused on symbolic gestures rather than practical change
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked