dougiem

America and Britain have been too sated by peace. We reward those who undermine us while neglecting true friends

It’s amazing how long bad ideas take to die. That’s certainly the case with one of the least successful ideas in the world. The idea of the two-state solution in the Middle East.

‘Things Worth Remembering’ continues with a new theme next Sunday. But first, a final piece of poetry from Shakespeare.

His mental decline can no longer be denied, even by his allies. The USA, and the West, deserves better

We have decided that the men of violence are winning and we must just keep our heads down

Why we can’t we have a party — Republican or Democrat — that can both protect the borders of the United States and those of our allies?

In a single poem, Seamus Heaney pays tribute to his late, great friend—and the poets who preceded them both.

One thinks: you plotted to dislodge your boss and then spent multiple evenings debating Liz Truss – for this?

Over the weekend, I sat down with the Israeli prime minister at the country’s security HQ in Tel Aviv for an exclusive interview. During it, he issued an urgent warning to the US.

Anna Akhmatova wrote of her people’s darkest days, when they were caught in the middle of the twentieth century’s vise.

The oddity is that everybody who is loyal to Donald Trump knows more about him than they can ever admit

Hughes said nothing of his wife’s suicide for decades, until his own final years when he penned the words: ‘Everything in me loved her.’