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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
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
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
The strange death of Christian Scotland
Scotland’s religious traditions have been swept away. Now, secular intolerance rules
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
How to reverse Britain’s nuclear decline
Regulatory reform alone is not enough — we need better governance
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
NATO needs the Germans to be up
European defence depends on a stronger Germany
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish