Europe is more bark than bite on Ukraine
The Continent is still relying on the US for its security
Britain
Monday
Friday
The ignorance of Queen Elizabeth’s ‘anti-colonialist’ critics
In fact, a figure of such stability was essential to decolonization
She lived her best life
Against the internet’s cult of the self stood Queen Elizabeth II
Friday
‘Oxford or Cambridge?’: the vacation edition
Visiting university towns for a uniquely civilized — and wholly British — experience
Friday
The EU needs to stop playing politics with law
The Lugano convention – part of a tapestry of complicated international law agreements ensuring the courts of one country recognise the courts of another – has a dull name but it matters a great deal. Since the EU referendum, the convention has played a small role in the great internecine conflict between Britain and Brussels. Much energy has been wasted in this series of pointless bust-ups. And now, the EU is determined to use the Lugano convention – a playing field it claims to control – to ensure Britain pays a price for Brexit, by effectively blocking us from rejoining the convention. Why does this matter? Because without the convention,
