Internet Invaders
The politically incoherent Anonymous 'hacktivists' are causing more harm than good in the dispute in Borneo
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Lost in Translation
As has been the case for hundreds of years, the appointment of Pope Francis was announced in Latin. But the BBC and Sky News didn't know their quas from their elbows
He Stood with Giants
Gennadi Sosonko's intimate personal knowledge of the Soviet Union's greatest grandmasters is unrivaled — and he was a useful player himself
Could You Eat A Horse?
It it a great paradox that our culture glorifies celebrity chefs when, as a nation, we increasingly refuse to spend money feeding ourselves
Literary Biography is on Life Support
The art of recording a writer’s career will have to be reinvented to survive in the internet era
The Dawn of Obamageddon
'The Obama administration has done everything in its power to terrify ordinary Americans with his dystopian vision of what the sequester will mean to them'
Women Come Last in Syrian Refugee Camps
'The low status of women in Syria and other Arab nations — as well as the cultural relativism practised by the agencies mandated to protect them — has resulted in abuse and
Germany’s Surprising Scepticism
‘Germany is seeing a definite increase in Euroscepticism—and now it’s coming from the Left too’
Pope Frank: In the Footsteps of St Francis
Jovial, informal and compassionate, the new Pontiff has the qualities to restore faith in the Vatican and to promote women in the Church
The Middle Kingdom’s Problem with Religion
Faced with an astonishing revival of Christianity in China, Beijing is reacting with a mixture of alarm, repression and control
We Abandon Christians in the East At Our Peril
Radical Islam is growing in Muslim countries that openly persecute their religious minorities. The West has so far turned a blind eye
Feminism Or Islamism: Which Side Are You On?
So-called liberals prefer to turn a blind eye to the treatment of women by jihadists and support the enemies of America