The three circles of hell
Today’s glossy big-city party conferences are even more nightmarish than the traditional grim trips to run-down seaside resorts
Boris will be Boris … again
How to end up a happy ex-prime minister
The riddle of Brexit’s ruthless survivor
Michael Crick casts Farage as an almost vampiric figure, draining the life from others to sustain his decades of dominance
The big state heir to Blair
James Kirkup reviews Remaking One Nation by Nick Timothy
The man who wasn’t there
James Kirkup reviews David Cameron’s memoirs
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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
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh