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The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
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
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
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.
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence