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Boris’s children
The subject he loves to forget
A civilised country wouldn’t support abortion up to birth
This barbaric idea has almost no public support
Patriarchy isn’t funny, but sometimes you have to laugh
Keira Knightley has punctured the bullying pretensions of authoritarian ideologues
Can London never change?
Peter Ackroyd treated the city as a semi-living entity resistant to human intervention
Zack Polanski is peddling empty promises
There is nothing bold or hopeful about failed policies and wilful ignorance
Signs for a revival in London’s art market
This year’s Frieze may mark a return to buying art for pleasure and quality
West Side Tories
Ya wanna live in this lousy world? Play it cruel!
Europe’s stuttering nuclear renaissance
Chronic overregulation is hampering Europe’s efforts to power up
Make Englishmen’s homes their castles again
Buildings extensions must not be made unaffordable
Lessons for restoration from the Wiltshire wilderness
We must reacquiant ourselves with the spirit of English history
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
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
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement