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Fear the Keir
Starmer is Blair 2.0 — but this time, things can only get worse
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
The EU’s war on Hungary
As news breaks of secret EU plans to cripple the Hungarian economy, who can still believe it respects national sovereignty?
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
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
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
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage