War on Terror
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Invading Mexico is an insane idea
It would be costly and it would fail
The right way to mark this Afghan war anniversary
It really didn’t have to turn out this way
Behind bars, among stars
Escaped from Nazi Germany, a teenage boy found himself a prisoner in Britain
Letter from Washington: The America they knew
This week’s US casualties in Kabul lived through a tragically narrow slice of American history
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Asset-stripping on campus?
Selling universities to private companies risks destroying their charitable purpose
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?