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France’s philosopher king
There is a jarring disconnect between Michel Houellebecq’s critiques of sexual liberation and his dissolute lifestyle
How does anything ever get built?
Builders have to meet ever proliferating regulations while single-issue pressure groups wield an effective veto
I bless the flights down to Africa
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from U(K)
How the war in Gaza has emboldened Vladimir Putin
Ukraine is struggling and the West is distracted
The price of porn
Is pornography hacking our sexual desires?
Weekends à la mode
Living Architecture is opening minds and changing taste
Yule live to regret this
On seasonal stress
The second life of Pauline Boty
Critics should not drown this much-needed revival in emotive clichés
Total lack of recall
Taking a walk down memory wilderness with Rishi Sunak
Britain’s arbitrary authoritarianism
Recent prosecutions over speech should concern us all
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble