Powerful Attraction
A new British-pioneered nuclear reactor can help cut our reliance on fossil fuels
 
Civilising Servants
Art had hitherto been a free market, subject to the vagaries of public taste and the whims of private patronage. Then in the 1830s and 1840s parliament energetically went about bringing order, system and supervision to the realm of art. The question is: why?
 
We Must Not Leave Afghanistan Yet
The West cannot defeat radical Islam if it abandons Afghans and Pakistanis prematurely
 
Shiraz Maher
SHIRAZ MAHER The al-Qaeda theorist Anwar al-Awlaki has an expansive network of supporters in the United Kingdom. My colleague Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens has produced an authoritative report on the matter for the Centre for Social Cohesion - a think tank that has consistently warned us about Awlaki. I won't reproduce the report here, but would urge readers of this blog to consult it very closely.   Read more