The West is moving Russia’s way, on Syria and even Ukraine
Ignore the misleading briefings. It is Vladimir Putin who is precipitating change in US and UK policy
Ignore the misleading briefings. It is Vladimir Putin who is precipitating change in US and UK policy
Usually, party leaders deal with the gap between activists and target voters by giving the activists in the hall clap lines which do not offend target voters
Mr Cameron has learnt a harsh lesson, and not for the first time: lie with dogs and you catch fleas
Labour's party conference will show just much they have changed since Jeremy Corbyn's victory
Only by destroying Isis forces on the battlefield can there be a possible end to years of bloodshed
What they choose to make off with – in books and in real life – is revealing of the times, past and present
VW might be in a tight spot just now, but like other Mittelstand companies it has a strong support group
The visit was a triumph – for Beijing, which won a propaganda coup and a nuclear foothold in the UK
The work of Professor Aiken – who advises law enforcement bodies and governments – has inspired a new series of the US television crime franchise
Three streams of thought are linked together by the idea that it 'doesn't always have to be like this'
Clichés, misspellings and style glitches from this week's Independent, including an explosion in a swamp
This tragedy comes hard on the heels of a crane falling onto the roof of Mecca’s Grand Mosque, killing 107 people
Plus why we pretend we want to renationalise the railways
In general, the British rule is to pillory the snob but forgive the nob
It should come as no surprise that a society forever torn between deference and populism has perfected the art of the “humblebrag”. Here’s my modest effort for the week: I spent Thursday evening at Blenheim Palace, but of course I was just helping out with a gig at the local literary festival (genuinely top-drawer, by the way). Still, the grandiose battle-booty gifted to the warlord John Churchill by Queen Anne proved a good place to reflect on our love-hate relationship with patrician self-indulgence. Читать дальше...
Politics, as we have seen over the past year or so, is full of surprises. No one thought that the Scottish referendum would come so close to breaking up the United Kingdom. Few thought that the Conservatives would win the general election with an overall majority (albeit a slim one). And the biggest surprise of all is the still new, still bearded leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn.
A politician complaining about the press is like a sailor complaining about the sea, so goes the old line, considered unsurpassable until this week, when a group of Twickenham residents took themselves beyond the reach of all the absurdist metaphor and achieved instant auto-parodic status by complaining about the behaviour of drunken rugby fans.