Soviet Union
War without end: Putin’s Syria model
The war in Ukraine shows tragic parallels to the earlier conflict
The war in Ukraine may have only just begun
Campaign Diary: Russia is playing a long game and tapping into its Soviet past
Interview: Semyon Bychkov on Ukraine and nationhood
He discusses exile, the horrors of totalitarianism and why Russophobia is not the answer
Who is a Ukrainian musician?
Music and ethnicity are both more complex than nationalism allows
The time to stop Russia is now
War in Ukraine is but the next step in the Soviet empire’s 30 year march
Winner take all
Putin learned post-Cold War warfare from the West
On Solzhenitsyn’s shoulders
The great writer’s intellectual heirs warn that collective rights obscure individual suffering
Tristram and the tyrants
Laurence Sterne’s 250-year-old masterpiece is a radical, riotous celebration of liberty loathed by both Nazis and communists
Another Boris and me
Boris Yeltsin’s path to the end of the Soviet Union, and the dawn of a new Russia that led, unerringly, to the despotic power we see today
Castigating Britain
Could an editor not rescue Jonathan Haslam’s new book from triteness?
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
Far from easy reading
The heart of his argument is solid and his insight is inspired
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
It’s the money supply, stupid
How the Keynesian blinkers of Democrat economists led to a second Trump victory
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
