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Andrew Cuomo and the evils of moderates
Zohran Mamdani’s success in New York should come as no surprise
Children shouldn’t fear their feelings
We should be more sceptical about mental health discourse
Does Northern Ireland need Reform?
Farage and friends have intriguing but uncertain prospects in Northern Ireland
Did the West provoke Russia?
Tony Brenton argues that it did and Lawrence Freedman argues that it did not
The lion roars
There were grounds for optimism about the future of England in Westminster this week
Lets hear it for Rattigan again
The consummate playwright of the obscure workings of the human heart
The Venice Architecture Biennale
Amidst the katzenjammer are many fascinating, hopeful and plausible offerings
Transhumanist trauma with Ed Atkins
The transhumanist optimism of virtualisation that characterised recent decades has hard yet fleshly limits
Mumbling “no fire” in a blazing theatre
Keir Starmer’s impersonation of normalcy is less than convincing
Theatre as rock concert
Hamlet Hail To The Thief is so nearly a classic
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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
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer