Seán Farrell
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
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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
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Slim down the university system to save it
It has become too bloated and too expensive