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The myths of upper normie civic nationalism
Folk beliefs of the upper normie #1
Buying an Italian hotel
My father advised me to describe myself as a farmer, except when in the company of real farmers
Bane sailing
There’s got to be some sort of price to pay for being so fabulous
Play Misty for me
Father John Misty has faked his way into a kind of blazing honesty
The irresistible rise of the lolcows
Why are British political podcasts dominated by failed politicians and establishment journalists?
Not faring very well
Liz Kendall found few sympathetic ears on welfare reform
The unsettling cant of settler colonial studies
The myth of salvation by means of social justice offers division and despair
Supremacy in the skies
How the Russo-Ukrainian War is being waged in the clouds
Verification stops predation
We have to keep children safe from predators on dating apps
The long-gone queens of Grub St
In the good old days, powerful publicity directors could guarantee coverage for books
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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
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead