The West
Why Palmyra Should Matter To The West
The genocidal ghouls of Isis are tearing down a precious piece of our civilisation. This is the price we pay for not standing up to barbarism
Will Putin’s Empire Outlast The Soviets?
In 1984, Laszlo Solymar (under a pseudonym) predicted the collapse of the USSR. Will today’s Russia suffer the same fate?
Liberty And Sovereignty
“The refusal to accept any domination of the Continent by one power has been the biggest British contribution to European peace and prosperity”
Sentimental Nihilism And Popular Culture
Commercial art forms may yet save the Western tradition from its propensity to self-destruction
Chinese Checkmate
How China took to the Western game of chess
Wrong And Hateful; Brave And Right
‘The depiction of Muhammad is a test case for the practice of Western freedoms’
Why The World Still Needs The West
Ignore the isolationists. In a dangerous world, America and Europe neglect their duty to defend liberty and prosperity at their peril
Music Of The Future Cannot Ignore The Past
Composers who try to create culture in a vacuum will struggle to be heard by a hostile public
The Pagan Problem In Western Thought
“By all means, let the wicked fry in Hell—but why should they find themselves frying alongside innocent and virtuous pagans?”
The Return Of War
In the era of Putin and Islamic State, we shall have to dust off Clausewitz and confront reality
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts