Features
What’s an army good for?
In the case of America, the answer is now practically everything – except perhaps winning wars
Dogs of war
I’ve spent years in conflict zones. But the scariest thing that’s happened to me involved two bull terriers on a Norfolk beach
Letter from Donetsk
For what is technically peacetime, there’s a lot of shelling going on round here. Donetsk airport is still held by…
Ahead of the pack
A casino drama worthy of a Bond film arrives in the High Court
Corsica
Napoleon’s birthplace, Casa Buona-parte, in Ajaccio, Corsica’s capital, is pretty grand. It has high ceilings, generous, silk-lined rooms and a…
Selfie obsession
People can’t seem to stop taking pictures of themselves – and their private parts. It’s the ultimate expression of our increasingly puerile and narcissistic society
A letter from the border
Turkey, Syria It is the early hours of the day that Parliament votes on whether to bomb the so-called ‘Islamic…
Conversion experience
Reckoning with my stepson’s turn to radical Islam
Hong Kong vs China
Hong Kong’s protests reflect not just tension with the mainland, but a great Chinese tradition. That’s what really scares Beijing
The shadow of the tanks
Looking at these protests, I fear another Tiananmen
Faith, sin and divorce
I’m one of those despised Catholics who actually believes the basics. And that’s why I don’t take Communion
A long goodbye
Clive James on poetry, civilisation and the critical benefits of facing leukaemia
Serenade
Come to the garden, that familiar place Where life renews itself against all odds. Untightening buds act out their memory,…
Whose side are they on?
Qatari money has flooded into London – but also into much less savoury places
Horses in London
The days when horses and humans lived cheek by jowl in the capital are unarguably over. Brewers’ drays have disappeared,…
Serenade
Come to the garden, that familiar place Where life renews itself against all odds. Untightening buds act out their memory,…
Serenade
Come to the garden, that familiar place Where life renews itself against all odds. Untightening buds act out their memory,…
The Cameron way
The PM signals left while turning right. But now it’s time for clarity
Crash course
Britain is now run by Oxford PPE graduates. The consequences have been disastrous
Europe vs liberty
Václav Klaus, the former Czech president, on David Cameron, the EU, Russia — and the end of free speech
Barking mad
Our attitude to animals and their suffering is bonkers
The age of consent
Universities are forcing undergraduates to attend sex education classes. Poor students
The Soul
The soul is like a little mouse. He hides inside the body’s house With anxious eyes and twitchy nose As…
Bombs away!
The Defence Secretary Michael Fallon is an eager interventionist
Artists’ houses
I’m not sure what took me to Salvador Dalí’s house in Port Lligat, but it sure as hell wasn’t admiration.…
