Sam Dalrymple
Nostalgic fantasies of the British Raj
Shattered Lands: Five
Partitions and the Making of Modern
Asia by Sam Dalrymple; e Indian
Caliphate: Exiled Ottomans and the
Billionaire Prince by Imran Mulla
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
The sectarian state
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the Balkanisation of Britain
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment