December 27, 2019

2019: the year the West wised up to China Xi Jinping is not leading the nation on a path of slow evolution towards liberal democracy

John Gray

26.12

Lessons from 2018: the year of uncivil society We mustn't let 'policy laundering' stifle public opinion

Mary Harrington

26.12

2017: when the US woke up to its drugs shame The decline of the American dream was perfectly illustrated by addicts dying in their thousands

Ian Birrell

25.12

2016: the Great Pivot Year Our correspondent imagines what future generations will make of the year western society turned on its axis

David Goodhart

24.12

2015 was a warm-up for the liberal Ragnarök Just when the political establishment thought they were safe, it all went horribly wrong

Peter Franklin

23.12

2014: the year western power collapsed American weaknesss in the Middle East was exposed as ISIS and Assad ripped Syria apart

Helen Thompson

20.12

The ‘green crap’ lessons of 2013 Any politician hoping to achieve Net Zero should pay attention to David Cameron's environmental change of heart

James Kirkup

19.12

Why Boris should be more 2012 The London Olympics provided a roadmap for how to unite our kingdom

Polly Mackenzie

18.12

2011 birthed the mother of all protests Extinction Rebellion, the Women's March and Occupy can all be traced back to the Arab Spring

Christopher Rhodes

17.12

In 2010, David Cameron first fooled the country In this pivotal year, Britain voted for a PR man who ramped up austerity

James Bloodworth