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The plaid panther strikes again
Cartoonish scenes unfold north of border as Humza Yousaf drives off a cliff in crime comedy caper
Why are US troops in Syria?
It is time for them to go home
The trials of young conservatives
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
How the BBC got Musked
The Musk disaster will be the first of many unless the corporation acts
Nigeria’s climate of terror
Militant religion, not just climate change, is fuelling violence in Nigeria
The dangers of “safety”
Ill-defined clauses make the Online Safety Bill a threatening prospect
Traffic hazards
Driving in the uncanncy valley, Dartmoor’s cagoule warriors and the wizarding weirdness of the Rowling fandom
Moray berth
A northern light shows the way
Hey, Rishi, leave them kids alone
Sunak takes his stand against number phobia
The French disease
France is at war over pensions, but behind the bloodymindedness is a very justified rage
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
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness