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Being a “book person” doesn’t make you a better human being
Being a bookworm can encourage a dangerous form of moral self-flattery
It was right to deny Communion to Chris Coghlan MP
Religion and politics cannot be entirely separate domains
Hollow “decolonisation”
Chagossian exiles in Crawley are not cheering the annexation of their homeland by Mauritius
Bonfire of the vanities
The Covent Garden Semele uses the bad-faith tricks of the director’s shabby trade
Death to the BBC!
BBC Parliament fails to pull a broadcast of anti-Reithian chants
Bob Vylan are a product of the establishment
The controversial duo are more tedious than frightening
The end of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer has already wasted his opportunity to govern
Aaron is not your hero
Framing Titus Andronicus in anti-imperialist terms misses the point
Against therapy
Talking too much can do more harm than good
On His Majesty’s service
An insider’s view on the discreet and very English process of appointing a Lord-Lieutenant
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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
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion