In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
The true darkness of classic crime
It was more authentic than its “gritty” successors
The case for voter ID
The system is too vulnerable to abuse
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat