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Trading blows
EU trade policy faces mixed signals from parliament and new agreements.
A clinical note on Trump Derangement Syndrome
Advice on how to avoid and manage the condition
The asylum crisis is undermining local services
Local councils are struggling to bear the strain of a broken asylum system
Great pretenders
On talking a good game
The world at my feet
D. J. Taylor recalls a time when he was the future of the English novel
Yes, Starmer’s Chagos plan violates the 1966 US-UK Agreement
Like it or not, the 1966 US-UK Agreement is an obstacle for the UK-Mauritius Agreement
The passion of the Monkey Christ
The ubiquitous mockery of a botched restoration offered a revealing insight into modern cultural decline
Will the Reform revolution devour its own children?
Nigel Farage needs a plan for managing the extremes of the online right
The twilight of genius
Dmitri Shostakovich: The last 3 quartets (Harmonia Mundi)
And that was the news …
The decline of quality journalism amid a “jungle of drivel” on social media
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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
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub