Vladamir Putin
Four years of war in Ukraine
Years after an invasion that was meant to last ten days, everything is still to play for
NATO must stand firm against Russian provocation
The Kremlin loves to probe for weaknesses — it must not find them
Why do the “alternative right” prefer Putin to Zelensky?
Those who support nationalism make curious bedfellows with an imperial Russia
Could war in Ukraine have been avoided?
Robert Skidelsky argues that the West is partly to blame and John Lough argues that it is not
Would earlier escalation have stopped Russia?
Hawkish counterfactuals tell us little about the world as it is
Ukraine is in its strongest position yet
Russia has played nearly all of its cards, and lost nearly all leverage
How the fall of Assad has undermined Putin
He is struggling in Ukraine and he has now failed in Syria
Putin’s pals
The world has not united against Russia
Something in the way Xi moves
We should engage the CCP instead of being intimidated
International disorder
Tyrants are breaking with civilisation
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)