The Week
It’s time to drop the net zero agenda
For years British energy policy has been an exercise in wishful thinking. We’ve been living in a fantasy world in…
Does Putin pass Aristotle’s tyrant test?
Is Putin a tyrant? Aristotle (384-322 bc) might well have thought so. Seeing the turannos as a deviant type of…
What does it mean to go ‘full tonto’?
The wild one Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that Vladimir Putin had gone ‘full tonto’. The word tonto is used…
In Lviv, the mood is inspiring – and fanatical
Lviv, Ukraine On the Ukrainian side of the Polish border, near a place called Shehyni where the refugee crisis…
Britain must give Ukrainians an unconditional right to asylum
During the Cold War, any citizen of a Soviet bloc country who made it to Britain and claimed asylum was…
Letters: How the UK should respond to Russia
Soft options Sir: In relation to strengthening the impact of the Russian sanctions package (‘Tsar Vladimir’, 26 February), please may…
Portrait of the week: Russia bombs Ukraine, MPs get a pay rise and Tube staff strike
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, said of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia: ‘Never in all my study or…
Portrait of the week: Storms rage, Covid curbs end and Russia’s ‘renewed invasion’
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, announced, in the House of Commons, sanctions against Russia after its ‘renewed invasion’ of…
Letters: It’s time for the common cup to return to communion
The Bull of Oman Sir: There was one significant omission in the cast of characters mentioned by Charles Moore in…
The West missed its chance to help Ukraine
Yet another east European tragedy is unfolding before our eyes. We have watched this movie for more than 80 years.…
What the ancients would have made of Virginia Giuffre
Virginia Giuffre may well be a heroine among all those abused in their youth. Ancient reactions compare interestingly with ours.…
Did Storm Eunice really break records?
Blow by blow Did Storm Eunice really set a new record for wind speed in England? A 122 mph gust…
Abolishing Covid restrictions now is bold, brave – and necessary
Shortly after Covid emerged, our civil liberties were suspended. The government took control of when and for how long we…
How the ancients approached the three Rs
German archaeologists have found ancient Egyptian tablets covered in repetitive writing exercises and ask — were they pupil punishments? But…
Andrew, Harry and the enduring prudence of the Queen
Prince Andrew’s decision to settle his case with Virginia Giuffre means he will be spared the potentially humiliating ordeal of…
How do Russian and Ukrainian military forces measure up?
Facing the music Police in New Zealand played Barry Manilow records to truck drivers in an attempt to persuade them…
Letters: In defence of the police
A health-care disaster Sir: Kate Andrews’s piece on who really controls the NHS (‘Waiting game’, 12 February) gives us a…
Why I should never look at Twitter
Foreign trips can offer a sense of perspective. Heading to Saudi Arabia, I prepare for my first stint of diplomacy.…
Portrait of the week: Inflation hits 30-year high, Andrew settles out of court and Turkey changes its name
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, made ready for a Russian invasion of Ukraine by cutting short a planned visit…
When did artists become the mob?
‘The mob’s going to want a chicken to kill and they won’t care much who it is,’ wrote John Steinbeck.…
Why Putin wins
Did Vladimir Putin ever intend to invade Ukraine? Or were his troop manoeuvres just a game — another test of…
Letters: What happened to bells on bikes?
Jesus wept Sir: Sam Dunning’s brilliant exposure of the corrupting links between Jesus College, Cambridge and the Chinese Communist party…
Portrait of the week: Queen Camilla, a cabinet rejig and NHS waiting list warning
Home In a message for the 70th anniversary of her accession, the Queen said it was her sincere wish that…
Are the Winter Olympics suffering the effects of climate change?
No snow The pistes are covered with artificial snow and the hillsides are bare. Are the Winter Olympics a victim…
The ancient problem of unscrupulous ‘doctors’
Yet again ‘doctors’ with no qualifications have been found advertising dodgy but expensive products and treatments, in this case, injections…
