UAE
Sheikh up the Telegraph
We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country
Playing pipeline politics
The Gulf countries may not be reliable partners against Russia
Harry Potter and the bourgeois-bohemian dream
Looking back at the dreams and resentments of an ascendant class
Godfather of British geopolitics
The revolutionary global thinking of an Edwardian academic continues to shape attitudes today
The false prophets of war and turmoil
All eight of Whatmore’s subjects would have been astounded by the
stability of the British state through the 19th century
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow