Red Traces The siege and destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans under the command of Titus, A.D. 70. Source: Oil on canvas painting by David Roberts 1850 – Wikicommon / cropped form original / public domain 21 Dec 2023 Red Traces, Part 12: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Revolt Sean Ledwith
Analysis Javier Milei in 2022. Photo: Wikimedia commons 20 Dec 2023 Right-wing victory in Argentina a sign of the times John Clarke
News USS Portland in the Red Sea, October 2021. Photo: US Navy / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 DEED 19 Dec 2023 The Red Sea is now the second front in the Gaza war John Rees
Analysis Joe Biden in 2021. Photo: Flickr/Prachatai 17 Dec 2023 Biden’s dogs won’t stay on the leash – weekly briefing Lindsey German
Opinion Suella Braverman shaking hands with Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda. Source: UK Home Office – Flickr / cropped form original / shared under license CC BY 2.0 16 Dec 2023 Not another Tory drama Secret Lecturer
Opinion Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of Heads of State and Government, 12 July 2023. Source: NATO – Flickr / cropped from original / shared under license CC BY-NC-ND 15 Dec 2023 Ukraine’s wager on the West: is it proving wrong? Vladimir Unkovski-Korica
Review William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, directed by Simon Godwin, starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma. 14 Dec 2023 Review – Macbeth (Oh Palestine!) Honor Donnelly
Book review Richard Norton-Taylor, The State of Secrecy: Spies and the Media in Britain (Bloomsbury 2023), 352pp. 14 Dec 2023 The State of Secrecy: Spies and the Media in Britain – book review Des Freedman
Analysis Front Commun picket line, Quebec. Photo: Syndicat des enseignantes et enseignants du Cégep de l’Outaouais (SEECO), Facebook 14 Dec 2023 Massive Quebec strikes echo a militant history John Clarke
Analysis Rishi Sunak at a press conference. Photo: Number 10 on Flickr 14 Dec 2023 Sunak’s Rwanda Bill: A cold-hearted Tory Christmas and a hate-filled New Year John Westmoreland
Book review 13 Dec 2023 The revenge of history: How ghosts from Britain’s imperial past are haunting the Tories this Christmas John Westmoreland
