spy
Taking on ISIS and Eichmann
Covering a French spy thriller, a documentary on Eichmann and a British government drama
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Get rid of Rishi
Sunak hanging on can only make things worse for the Conservatives and worse for Britain
Has Israel walked into a forever war?
A brutal conflict seems unlikely to be winnable any time soon
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
Violent delights
It’s 30 years since Pulp Fiction hit cinemas, and what a time it was to be young
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Existential questions
The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked