Publications by pp_editor
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham: what next?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 21 June 2026 The rumours swirling around Westminster this weekend are extraordinary even by […]
Contemporary Iran: the Revolution Deferred
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 21 June 2026 There is a particular cruelty in disappointment when it follows hope. […]
The TrumpโMeloni Affair: Conservatism, Celebrity and the Limits of Political Romance
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 21 June 2026 Politics has always borrowed its language from romance. Alliances are described […]
The Pro-Trump Right and the Pro-Russia Far-Right May Be Parting Ways
By Robert Harris Sunday 21 June 2026 In the 1990s, there was a movie called “Street Fighter,” based on the […]
The Arithmetic of Absence
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 21 June 2026 There are some forms of grief for which language feels obscenely […]
Georgia at the Crossroads: The Long Road Back Towards Moscow
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 20 June 2026 For much of the period following the collapse of the Soviet […]
Russian efforts to restrict VPN usage
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 19 June 2026 Russian efforts to restrict access to virtual private networks (VPNs) reveal […]
Leeds to the Front Line: The Quiet Determination of a Yorkshire Charity Supporting Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 19 June 2026 In the fifth year of Russiaโs full-scale invasion of Ukraine, international […]
โYou Realise How Valuable Life Is When Death Feels Possible Every Dayโ
By Kathrin Franziska Beck Friday 19 June 2026 โThank you for supporting our music family,โ Mykhailo writes from afar. He […]
The Islamabad Memorandum and the JCPOA: Two Visions of Diplomacy with Iran
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 19 June 2026 The agreement reached this week between the United States and Iran, […]



