War
Talk of war is political performance art
The British establishment does not see war as a realistic prospect
Why are neocons still failing upwards?
A disastrous ideology persists despite decades of failure
Net Zero is incompatible with military preparedness
Strong societies, industries and economies win wars — but does Britain have them?
The ravages of Putin’s war
Putin apologists should visit Ukraine and see what Russia has wrought
The peace plans of Narnia
The world must not be conned into believing that Putin has the advantage
A gross dereliction of duty
The British Army’s ammunition stockpile would only last a week of war
The decline and fall of the British Army
Our soldiers lack the ammunition, combat supplies and medical support to fight a war
Ukraine: what have we learnt?
It is hard to isolate large adversaries
Reform should ignore the drums of war
The appointment of Alan Mendoza is a bad sign for Reform’s foreign policy
Trump needs to get real(ist)
Military strength should be used as a deterrent rather than for reckless adventurism
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It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
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.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Getting a handle on Handel
Robert Thicknesse and friends reflect on Handel and his heyday
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Gradually, then suddenly
You don’t expect everything to change until it does
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground