Turkey
The new Ottomans
The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
The king and the boss
Turkish President Erdoğan is no fan of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu — and vice versa
The secrets of familial suffering
Recovering from the burden of generational pain can be a private act
Don’t forget Armenia
Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again
The strongman we know
The alternative to Erdogan could be worse
Why is the United States making concessions to Turkey?
The US should re-evaluate its interests in Europe
Apocalypse soon?
Civilisations always rise and fall — ours is no exception
The godfathers of Greek independence
From its very inception as a nation state, Greece learned that it needed allies with shared interests and values to successfully fight the Turks
2020: Refugees continue to suffer
Turkey blackmails Europe, Greece adopts a policy of deterrence, and the EU remains divided
Borderland: Europe’s Eastern faultline
Rising tensions over gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean are fuelled by Erdogan’s dream of expanding Turkey’s borders
The rise of electoral sectarianism
Multiculturalism is reshaping British political life
Talk of the town
On the strangeness and variety of urban development
Setting ourselves on fire
Multiculturalism has created fractured communities where nobody cares
Exeter — portrait of a modern university
Jeremy Black, historian of Exeter University, reflects on the shifting demands and priorities on campus.
Fighting lies with lies
What depths will we need to go to in order to tackle disinformation in our own time?
Labour’s economic plans are a disaster waiting to happen
They won’t save the planet and they won’t save the economy
The police should stop wasting time on tweets
How have we reached the point where expressing your opinion can consign you to a Kafkaesque nightmare?
What future for Winchester Cathedral Choir?
The choral tradition in the cathedral must be enlivened rather than diluted
Decline of the underclass
In the 21st century, London has lost its own internal logic
The triumph of the Classical
Modernism has failed and it is time to return to diligent study of the best of traditional architecture
Big Brother is talking to you
What is with London’s obsession for dystopian public address announcements?
