Theodore Dalrymple

Even after London Bridge attack, Britain is arguing wrong questions

December 2, 2019 | 7:03pm

If the most recent terrorist attack in London had been an episode in a ­satirical novel, it would have been dismissed as too crude or absurd to be plausible. Last...

The horrors that lurk behind Noa Pothoven’s tragic tale

June 6, 2019 | 8:36pm

If I were Dutch, I wouldn’t be altogether reassured by the ease with which it was widely (though mistakenly) believed that a 17-year-old girl named Noa Pothoven was put to...

Brexit’s in trouble because Britain’s political class never wanted it

March 15, 2019 | 8:21pm

Theresa May’s crushing defeat in the House of Commons this week over her plan for Britain to leave the European Union was actually a great victory for her, provided that...