Saudi Arabia
NUFC and the Saudis
Foreign governments should not own football clubs
The rise of Arabofuturism
History is being forged in the Middle East
Playing pipeline politics
The Gulf countries may not be reliable partners against Russia
Yemen’s ceasefire is a sham — the war is far from over
Recent developments in Yemen’s civil war show that the Iranian-backed Houthis are clearly considered the winning side
Why is Saudi Arabia locking up women’s rights activists?
Women like Loujain al-Hathloul are “premature reformers”: their crime is to demand social change before the state is ready to concede it
Shifting sands for Saudi
The Kingdom’s attempt to float Saudi Aramco didn’t go fully to plan
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
Killing with kindness
“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
