The West
Soft power superpower?
It’s easy to mock, but British influence is real — and a potent tool for good
The war in Ukraine may have only just begun
Campaign Diary: Russia is playing a long game and tapping into its Soviet past
Is the Ukraine conflict about me?
A narcissistic generation reacts to the shadow of war
Dawning continent
The West has underestimated Africa’s independent economic potential
Russia’s policy of Westernophobia
Weekly pressers from Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have turned into festivals of hostility towards the countries caught in the Kremlin’s crosshairs — why?
Is this the end of Western liberal democracy?
We need to appreciate the inherent messiness that permeates Western societies, rather than seeking to repudiate it
Why are our leaders so useless?
We look in vain for direction or hope from the leaders of tomorrow
Decline of the sclerotic West
Richard Reinsch reviews The Decadent Society, by Ross Douthat
When did the Cold War actually start?
Professor Jeremy Black picks-over the evidence with Graham Stewart
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
