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The short lives and violent deaths of Sweden’s rappers
Swedish rap is a window into a violent underworld
The anti-growth cabal
The standard EU charger will plug up growth and tie innovation in knots
Et tu, Labour?
The betrayal of language learning
How the fall of Assad has undermined Putin
He is struggling in Ukraine and he has now failed in Syria
Stewart Lee is wrong about comedy and censorship
Despite the awfulness of much “anti-woke” comedy, opponents of political correctness have a point
Historiography made exciting
A new book from Richard Davenport-Hines makes history interesting and enjoyable
Crenelations with friends
What playing Carcassonne taught me about my pals
Bad guidance and empty words
The government cannot be trusted to protect single-sex spaces
The Saad facts
A spirited but disappointing screed against wokeness
Far from easy reading
The heart of his argument is solid and his insight is inspired
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?