Strongroom
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
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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 establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
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
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.