War
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
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
