Terror
The awful calamity of Stalin being a music lover
The dictator obsessed over new recordings and was a frequent visitor to the Bolshoi; but he treated even the greatest musicians arbitrarily, consigning many to the Gulag for no reason
The West must wake up to the threat of Islamic State-Khorasan
It is time to wake up to the growing international threat posed by Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K), the group believed to…
Britain isn’t ready for the next wave of returning jihadis
Ever since British jihadists flocked to join Isis in Iraq and Syria, the government has attempted to keep the terrorists…
Isis’s weakness is now its strength
As coronavirus swept the globe a year ago, Isis began issuing pronouncements. ‘God, by his will, sent a punishment to…
It’s time to take Britain’s Incel terror threat seriously
Far-right and Islamist extremism are both cause for concern in Britain today. But there’s another threat which all too often…
What’s keeping terrorism experts awake at night?
This keeps me up at night. Have you come across this expression of pained anguish lately? This isn’t about conversations…
Britain’s prisons are a breeding ground for Islamist terror
Was Reading terrorist Khairi Saadallah radicalised behind bars? What we do know is that locking Saadallah in HMP Bullingdon to develop…
Europe’s cities are becoming a refuge for Islamist extremists
Britain’s terror threat level has been upgraded to ‘severe’ this week, following jihadist attacks in both France and Austria. Raising…
At pace
In Arnold Bennett’s Tales of the Five Towns, a young dog called Ellis Carter takes a girl for a drive…
There were far fewer terror attacks last year. Here’s why
They don’t like to use the ‘Q’ word in counter-terrorism. It’s a bit like blurting out the name of the…
How do you solve a problem like Anjem Choudary?
Next month the Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary will be released from prison, having served just half of his five-and-a-half-year sentence.…
Whose side are they on?
Qatari money has flooded into London – but also into much less savoury places
