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Is the ultra-processed food panic withering away?
Even some of the supporters of the anti-UPF fad have backed away from its most dramatic claims
You can just ignore journalists
The fact that something is being treated as controversial does not actually make it controversial
Why Jenrick is right to judge the judges
Blairite constitutional vandalism is not a sacred tradition
The Pryce is wrong
Didactic drama is often artistically empty and politically misleading
British sporting art
Two views of the same country
A fascinating record of a vanished world
The delight of the diaristic form is seeing through another’s perspective
October 7 was a grotesque proof-of-concept
Al-Qaeda is planning follow-up attacks in the US and across Europe
One small step…
Kemi doesn’t let anything hold her back, not her record, not her ability and certainly not reality
Romanticising the NHS helps no one
We should welcome its successes while urgently seeking to address its failures
Hey, Foreign Office, leave Slovakia alone
The UK’s activist foreign policy has been unmasked in Slovakia
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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
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency