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Syria’s civil war 10 years on
Syria’s war has licensed this century’s worst growth in violent depravity – and it shows no sign of ending soon
How Labour are taking the voting public for granted
Labour has no hope of returning to power if they fail to capture a comfortable working-class seat from a government that has presided over the greatest crisis in living memory
Letter from Washington: Lucky Joe
The surprising continuity of America’s Covid response undermines Biden’s central boast
Krzysztof Penderecki: Credo (Hänssler Classics)
The climaxes are sensational, some of the strongest music Penderecki ever created; we may never see its like again
What’s in a name?
Dominic Hilton laments the various lunacies surrounding his name
Zooming Windows
The George Formby Society attempts a ukulele world record, online
The 2021 Brexit smackdown
A recent book launch hosted by Policy Exchange provided the perfect opportunity for a Frost, Gove, Rudd and Mandelson rematch
Reagan is not the answer to Republican woes
In response to Daniel Johnson’s March feature, Henry George argues that a return to Reaganism is not the future of American conservatism
The pleasure of hating
Debates over what constitutes ‘hate speech’ reintroduce dangerous concepts of sin and morality into our common law
A time to keep silence and time to speak
Nicola Sturgeon offers a PR masterclass in how to bury bad news
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting