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An elegant advocate for Van the man
John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture by Charles Saumarez Smith
The warmth of the collective
Communism is the only guarantee of human happiness
Baroness Chakrabarti is living in a world of make believe
No, drill rap is not comparable to mafia films and country music songs
We have to mend SEND
Spending on Special Educational Needs has ballooned out of proportion
Get men out of nurseries
We have to be more realistic about gender differences — especially when children are at risk
Surrogacy is exploitative, not altruistic
Women should not be commodified, however “progressive” the packaging
A citizen, not a bargaining chip
Jimmy Lai defended the freedoms Britain promised. Britain has not defended him
Life, imaginary love and forbidden lust
Blinding: the Left Wing by Mircea Cărtărescu; Thee Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers; A Domestic Animal by Francis King
Roxy Music but they’re all Kate Bush
The Last Dinner Party are a proper rock band, but the spell is too easily broken
Morgan recital
After months of sounding like a disappointed headmaster, scandal and sackings forced a change of tune at the despatch box
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan