World Wars
The battlefield priest
Heroism, compassion and enduring hope: the lost war letters of Canon Laurie
Timely reminder of the true price of oil
‘Disorder’ argues convincingly that world history now hinges on the price of oil
#UkraineWillResist
Will hashtag activists start the next world war?
Where is the United Nations?
The world has lost its only credible arena for peace
Faith at war
It is a hardened atheist who does not ask a few favours of God as he fixes his bayonet
Memorials to the fallen of Covid
An act of quasi-guerrilla commemoration
“Left flanking or straight up the middle with bags of smoke?!”
Not another Armistice Day to get through. And what about all the other pressing issues for which there is no poppy?
Nobel Noblemen
Beckett, Camus and Monod arrived by different roads at the same destination thanks to their common experience of fighting injustice
Emperor Haile Selassie gets the Ozymandias treatment
The Ethiopian emperor has fallen in leafy Wimbledon, but there’s more to his demise than meets the eye
The most hateful decision
Honour, power and will at Mers-el-Kébir 80 years ago today
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
