Zahir Shah
Could monarchy have saved Afghanistan?
America’s republican prejudices stopped them from restoring a unifying king
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious