Ukraine
Putin’s brutal war shows why we still need NATO
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the folly of proposals for a European army
Bungs, bears and barges
Two decades of extraordinary experiences in the Ukrainian capital
How modern wars end
History offers options rather than predictions for how the Russia-Ukraine war could end
We should open our borders to the victims of Putin
Immigration is a potent weapon in the war on authoritarianism
Moral panic over Ukraine risks nuclear war
Putin is not Hitler, but if we lose perspective we risk pushing him to reckless extremes
Putin’s megalomania is encountering reality
Campaign diary: Russian propaganda has gone from scalpel to sledgehammer
The Klitschkos’ greatest fight
The boxing brothers are proving their mettle in the battle against Putin
What now for strategic priorities?
What does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mean for American and European geopolitical aims?
Why Russians are fleeing to Armenia
Yerevan is set to become a refuge for dissident Russians, a place of romance and sorrow
Putin’s terror war
Campaign Diary: why is Russia threatening chemical and nuclear strikes?
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
Crisis, what crisis?
The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline
Talking to young man about Andrew Tate
You cannot educate the urge to transgress out of young men
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
