South American politics
The will to power
Voluntarismo flourishes in times of cynicism about politics
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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
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean