Series
Summer viewing
Top television recommendations for the summer from Adam LeBor
Chaos captivates
The newest season of Fauda is the most complex and thus the most satisfying so far
Ends of empires
Two compulsive, immersive and vivid end-of-empire series
Mining the past
There is a deep appetite among Britain’s television audience for dramas that tackle complicated social issues
Press Gang
Croatia’s war runs like a dark thread through the excellent series ‘The Paper’
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable