Ukraine
Regathering the Russian lands: the rationale for Putin’s war in Ukraine
The president’s inflammatory rhetoric is informed by two centuries of Russian nationalist thought centring on a distrust of Europe and a mission to recover all the lands of “Ancient Rus”
Making the moral case for war
Ukrainians face slaughter and subjugation. Church leaders must back them unequivocally
What can Russia’s failure in Afghanistan teach us about its war in Ukraine?
The echoes should be ominous for the Kremlin
Incompetents abroad
Our hopeless foreign policy elite has no idea of what winning in Ukraine looks like — or how to bring it about
When the left loves flags
Modish causes satisfy tribal instincts
Stalin’s last laugh
Joseph Stalin has been recast in Russia not as a bloodsoaked tyrant, but as a strong, effective leader
How to end the war in Ukraine
Neither territorial concessions nor unrealistic dreams of toppling Putin can secure lasting peace
Germany’s crisis of conscience
An unholy alliance of Berlin capitalists and intellectuals has disastrously misjudged the Ukraine war
June: Letters to the Editor
Ukraine provides the best argument for why countries should not lightly discard nuclear weapons
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
