Shamima Begum
We need to forgive Shamima Begum
An ISIS bride calls Christianity’s bluff
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
