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Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
Sheikh up the Telegraph
We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
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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
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
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them