The Matrix
Red pill, blue pill
Is The Matrix best judged as cinema or cultural phenomenon?
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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
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
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Bicinia (Claves)
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Protecting what matters
The government’s new integration and extremism policy exposes a regime in denial
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture