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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised