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Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?