Xavier Bertrand
Gaullism at a crossroads
The French Right faces its old demons and its moment of truth
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
The end of Pevsner
The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
It’s time to transition babies
Even in the womb, many foetuses can sense their own trans identity
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
The establishment prefers distractions to solutions
Politicians discuss irrelevances rather than confronting the obvious
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork