Ukraine
Fighting for Ukraine shouldn’t be treason
It’s time to overturn the Foreign Enlistment Act
Point man
Never trust a man with a six-point plan
The hypocrisy of cultural boycotts
Spare us the corporate virtue-signalling
Geopolitics and the invasion of Ukraine
What lessons does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have for the study of geopolitics?
Children must not become collateral damage
We must do more to protect children from adult mistakes, not just in Ukraine but here in the UK
Red sky in the morning
The West woke to find itself hooked on Russian gas with degraded militaries
The time to stop Russia is now
War in Ukraine is but the next step in the Soviet empire’s 30 year march
Schulhoff, Popov: String quartets (QBT)
A Baedeker tour of Europe’s miseries, amidst the outrage in Ukraine
A flag worth defending
Ukraine’s brave struggle reminds us of the importance of national patrimony
Like Stalin, like Putin
Putin is having his Stalin moment, and may regret it
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
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
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
