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London’s monocultural history
It is nonsense to claim that London was “built by immigrants”
Uni tunes (w/ Charlie Bentley-Astor)
Ideas that deserve discussion, not cancellation
Rhodes scholars
Lisa Hilton enjoys a simple and superlative Greek-Italian taverna in the Aegean
Build back greener
We are going to need skilled workers, factories and a resilient and self-sufficient economy
Chatting the chat
AI promises to be a boon for business, but new tech doesn’t magically bring more profits
How Ofcom signed off on Channel 4’s lies
The regulator was complicit in a misleading C4 documentary about the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya
NIMBYs are the real revolutionaries
Think tank-driven Street Votes policy risks trampling on middle-class dreams by bringing high-density housing to peaceful neighbourhoods
In praise of newspeak
Inclusive new terms really stick it to the menstruators
The God of war
The rise of religiosity and mysticism among those fighting on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine
Blessed are the poor? Really?
Why won’t the wealthy C of E help impoverished parishes?
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
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations