War
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Keep prisoners of war off social media
Social media platforms are incentivising war crimes
A bore film
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is not just ahistorical, it is dull
Trump the peacemaker?
Donald Trump’s survival should inspire him to seek an end to violence
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
Doing something can be worse than doing nothing
The Gaza pier and the failings of a “do something” foreign policy
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it