Ukraine-Russia conflict
Music of the here and now
Valentin Silvestrov: Silent Songs (DG)
Putin’s pals
The world has not united against Russia
How were we so wrong?
The Iraq invasion was never more than folly
Putin, Shute and nukes
How much should we fear nuclear war?
Development hell
The war in Ukraine has ground to a stalemate
Sympathy for the devil
Understanding Putin is the key to countering his wicked agenda
Ukraine: one year on
We must be as resolute as the Ukrainians
Tanks for the memories
The British Army’s main battle tank is back in action
Difficult questions on Ukraine
We must not shrink from reassessment
Return of the mercenaries
Putin’s hired killers have money on their minds
All roads lead to WPATH
How the strange, dark history of the gender movement built our strange, dark modern world
Sugar, sex and sacrifice
It would be foolish to casually abandon Christian ethics of restraint
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
The age of the Sex Olympics
It is time to resist the pornification of the modern world
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
Unpacking neurodivergence and gender identity
Neurodivergent teenagers are in danger of having their struggles miscategorised
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
