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Mad for it
A review of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera Holland Park
Why we have no new ideas
We appear to have reasoned our way into an intellectual dead end
It is right to question psychiatry
A new book makes a brave attempt to confront the abuses of psychiatric treatment
The damaging myth of the “martial races”
An Imperial hangover has caused the elite romanticisation of Afghan migrants
Allies and enemies
A fascinating if flawed dual biography
Tough on Starmer, tough on the causes of Starmer
Plus Nigel Farage’s lightbulb moment
The quest for “positive role models” is quixotic and depressing
Young people should not have to look to celebrities for affirmation
A double dose of artistic idiosyncrasy
A review of “Edward Burra – Ithell Colquhoun” at Tate Britain
The Centre for Media Monitoring is a threat to free expression
We cannot allow reporting on Islamism to be demonised and suppressed
What nation, whose interests?
The struggle for “democratisation” might achieve the opposite of its apparent aims
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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 joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes