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Softball Wednesday
Labour MPs were not testing Keir Starmer, but nor was Kemi Badenoch
We should filter out anti-smoking hysteria
It is nonsense to claim that some cigarettes are not safer than others
What is next in Britain’s TV dramocracy?
A look at the series that might follow Adolescence
Seriously funny
David Lodge’s work appealed to the highbrow as much as lovers of lowbrow farce
A cathedral in the classical tradition
A serene reinvigoration of the classical tradition
Making me SCREAM!
Zoomers bring out my inner boomer
The curious rebirth of Gregorian chant
Is Gregorian Chant this generation’s cool music?
The stupidification of Scottish schools
Scottish education is being dumbed down in the name of diversity
Signals across the centuries
Mistakes are not just being ignored or denied but obscured from history
The Irish Tory taxi driver
The Conservatives have no idea where to go
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.