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They can’t really mean this
The Long Walk is a film for a Trumpian time of delight in random public cruelty
Farewell to a cricket legend
Harold “Dickie” Bird lived with infectious enthusiasm
Britain needs action on legal immigration, not just illegal immigration
The weakening of British borders has been expensive and undemocratic
So, cancel culture is real and bad now?
We should all oppose attacks on freedom of speech, but not only when it suits us
Staying dry in superior rubber boots
You have to go a long way to find a boot as brawny as these
Britain is drowning in a sea of bad law
The Public Office (Accountability) Bill will accomplish nothing
Graham Linehan, Reprobate
How William Blake explained the dynamics of successful dissent
Sleepless in Zaporizhia
Europe and America must not turn away from the struggles of Ukraine
Hoary Rory
Rory Stewart is the hero of his own story
Best behaviour can be “rock ’n’ roll”
Is it the music that makes bands great — or the “situations”?
Most Read
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
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
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
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid