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John Lennon: the first and last global icon
Forty years on from the death of John Lennon, Dominic Green recounts the tormented life of the last universal Western icon
NHS propaganda
No rainbow-painting child could possibly understand the relative performance, good or bad, of the NHS
Beyond parody
I have been de-platformed by Titania types and accused of every single phobia listed here
Spare the rod
Spoiled beaks and free thought at Eton
All the news fit to post
Are Freedom of Information requests really being politically policed by the Cabinet Office?
The child trans judgement is a step in the right direction
The ruling that under 16s should be assumed unable to consent to puberty blockers means that this unregulated experiment may finally be drawing to a close
The nation’s favourite: why Coronation Street matters
As Coronation Street celebrates its diamond jubilee, is it time to take it seriously as the chronicler of our times?
Bedtime reading for boomers
You will search in vain for a new life of any rocker who made his name after the advent of punk
The lives of philosophers
British philosophy has become much more interesting, but they just don’t make philosophers like they used to
John Luther Adams: The ‘Become’ trilogy (cantaloupe)
You will either feel very relaxed by the middle of the piece or you will throw things at the wall and say some very bad words
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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
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values