Villa of the Mysteries
Bacchus in Pompeii
The meaning of the beautiful frescoes in the House of Thiasus remains a mystery
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve