Soviet Union
The fall of East Germany
German reunification – merger or acquisition?
The demolition man
His legacy impresses and frustrates
Dividing Germany
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart talk about the emergence of rival Germanys after the Second World War
Birth of a four decade nightmare
Time and again, Afghanistan has found its future decided from afar
The fate of the Moskva
Campaign Diary: The sinking of the decaying Soviet-era warship symbolises Russia’s military malaise
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
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On ebbing power of the political influencer
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We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?