Thucydides
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values