Thermopylae
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
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Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
Ancient bones of contention
The burgeoning and irregulated market for dinosaur skeletons