Politics is not downstream from culture
Against Top Gear conservatism
Why Khan’t our media do its job?
Piers Morgan shouldn’t have been soft on the former Pakistan PM
Come friendly reforms
…and fall on planning law
Grime and grandeur in the big, rotting Apple
The slick glitz of the UN General Assembly was smothered by a city on its knees
Are the Left the REAL racistz?
Right-wingers adopting identity politics are doing the bidding of the left
It’s time to build prisons
Inadequate facilities hurt everyone
People of class?
Enough with the inequalities Olympics
The coming Tory crack-up
The MPs are at odds with the members
Against Tory tinkering
Bin the Online Safety Bill
What Britain needs next
Whoever replaces Boris Johnson has to make radical change
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Gyles Brandreth’s bon mots
An obsession with linguistic and historical marginalia has infected British culture
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
