A bank, not a study group
Christopher Fildes delves into the latest instalment of the Bank’s long and voluminous history
Unusual eminent Victorian
Christopher Fildes reviews a new biography of Walter Bagehot
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new