Yukio Mishima exhorting Japanese soldiers before he committed traditional Japanese suicide. Credit: Getty

11/25/2020 - 9:49am

Today’s alt-Right are the ideological children of Yukio Mishima Both share an obsession with traditionalism and hatred of modernity

James Bloodworth

Can we count on low interest rates? Rishi Sunak may wish to take the long view on this question

Suzanne Moore: ‘I felt absolutely betrayed’ The former Guardian columnist tells her story to Freddie Sayers

Tuesday, November 24

Climate doomsters are giving children ‘eco-anxiety’ Scaring youngsters about the future will do them no good

Andrew Cuomo is not a hero of this pandemic The governor has successfully whitewashed his Covid performance

Why 2021 is going to be a fantastic year for Britain There will be months of indulgence and excess when Covid recedes

Monday, November 23

Viktor Orbán’s Russian vaccine gamble Importing 'Sputnik' is a desperate move to calm the Hungarian public

Alexander Faludy

Memo to Justin Welby: Charity is for the Church, not government Does the Archbishop of Canterbury see no role for a modern CofE?

Mary Harrington

Should we ‘call in’ people instead of calling them out? There's a humane alternative to cancel culture

Friday, November 20

Britain’s leadership is finally taking the Royal Navy seriously again The decision is welcome, but the UK needs a plan for its use

Danish mask study author: effect may be small, but worthwhile The author of a controversial new study into masks defends their use

There’s nothing wrong with Obama’s pick-up artistry Reading Marx to attract girls is cringey, not creepy

Why won’t Twitter use its blue pencil on Red China? The social media giant is happy to edit Donald Trump, but not the CCP

Thursday, November 19

The Crown gets The Troubles wrong Netflix's heavy-handed portrayal insults both Britain and Ireland

Why we should be confident in the Oxford vaccine Results released this morning are promising

Whatever happened to Sir Vince Cable? He should be on a victory tour, but instead he's gone off in a different direction

Wednesday, November 18

I disagree: there’s still time to save the Union The government must resist another referendum on independence

The real crimes of Grenfell are coming out — and the media is silent A rigged safety test should be front page news

How do we bring down factory farming? It will be difficult, but not impossible

Tuesday, November 17

Poland and Hungary are exposing the EU’s flaws The bloc's rosy view of liberalism was always naïve

Nice guys finish last — or do they? A new book challenges this long-standing misconception

Elizabeth Oldfield

The real problem with Marcus Rashford’s property portfolio The footballer is hardly alone in owning multiple houses

Monday, November 16

Later-life marriage means fewer conservatives This demographic trend was one of the key drivers in the 2020 election

There’s something of Picasso about these botched restorations The Spanish statue re-carving reveals more than just a lack of skill

Mary Harrington

Saturday, November 14

Trump Derangement Syndrome is here to stay The President's hold on liberals' runaway fantasies will continue

Friday, November 13

Armenia: another country abandoned to its fate NATO has shut its eyes to ethnic cleansing again

The missed opportunity of Dominic Cummings Like so many gurus before him, he was sucked into the comms machine

Sweden joins France in defence of sovereignty Britain has some catching up to do as Europe gets tough on radical Islamism

Thursday, November 12

Are we overly worried about anti-vaxxers? Misinformation about the new vaccine won't be a barrier to success

Liberals are the same, but populists are different Is our global future a common one-dimensional political spectrum?

Wednesday, November 11

Cambridge is censoring any dissent on trans issues As an undergraduate, I'm appalled by what I've seen

The EU must not interfere in religion Who decides the content of your faith?