Long-reads
Sayyid Qutb: the godfather of Islamism
It is a singular, brutal vision. It not only recognises no other authority, but…
Ali Shariati: the philosopher of the Iranian Revolution
When Marxists and Islamists marched together through Tehran in 1978, or march…
The dystopian world of K-pop
In recent decades, Hallyu – the ‘Korean wave’ – has been making its way around…
Twitter and the 20-year struggle for free speech online
‘Just setting up my Twttr’, wrote Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of…
Adventures in the dark heart of Lib Dem-land
‘Compare us with every other party in the House of Commons today and we’re…
The reckless adventurism of Trump’s war in Iran
Launched alongside Israel, the United States’ aerial campaign against the…
The fall of the Islamic Republic is nigh
The Islamic Republic of Iran was always far more than a nation state. It was, as…
The myth of the post-industrial economy
The cancellation of Donald Trump’s tariffs cannot stop what is a painful, but…
Wales: the unlikely epicentre of the woke revolution
It has been a longstanding gripe of the Welsh that they exist on the political…
Why Steve Coogan is so much worse than Alan Partridge
Early last year, I was putting a list together for ‘Middle Class Holes’ – a…
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