Features
Ever decreasing circles
The decline of male friendship
The Wolseley
I was sitting alone at a small table in the Wolseley, Piccadilly, waiting for my supper and feeling a sense…
Europe’s last dictator
The fate of Lukashenko depends on Ukraine
The faultline
It’s the progressives vs the populists, Macron vs Orban
Sturgeon’s secret state
Holyrood is one of the most opaque regimes in the democratic world
Not out
Can Imran Khan cling on to power in Pakistan?
Author’s notebook
On the day before my seventh birthday, which I spent at my grandma’s in Yorkshire, a young man named Raymond…
Crisp sandwiches
A crisp sandwich is a private and personal endeavour. In my experience (and I have considerable experience in this particular…
Social capital
Covid has changed London for the better
GI Joe
Is Biden’s approach to the war more calculating than it seems?
Islands story
Life on the Falklands, 40 years on
Unholy war
The destruction of Ukraine’s churches
Gull power
These ‘endangered’ birds are taking over
All the rage
Aggression is everywhere in New York
The Ukrainian connection
Dmitry Firtash wants to help with the war effort — but can we trust him?
Mother’s Day
As ever, the Romans got there first. Their version of Mothering Sunday or Mother’s Day was the feast of Juno…
The beast in the east
China appears not to have defeated Covid after all
Letter from Kyiv
I write this from my Kyiv air raid shelter. It has become my second home, an improvised bedroom, study and…
Inside Putin’s mind
The lessons of Chechnya
Turbulent priest
The Patriarch in league with Putin
Battle lines
The art of wartime cartoons
Screen off
What Russians watch — and believe
The middleman
Can Turkey’s President broker a peace deal?
Ice storm
The ‘chemsex’ drug devastating the gay community
How Ukraine can win
The West must provide more weapons, sanctions and a path to Europe
