Prehistoric questions
Has anything changed since 4300 BC? Probably not
Quantum politics
It’s not inconsistency, it’s clever physics
Entrancing in the dark: Boss biopic
For Springsteen fans, this stuff is all gravy
Living rent-free
A spectre is haunting the Labour Party
Kemi’s open goal
Even Badenoch didn’t miss today
Review: The Running Man
Three endings does not suggest a happy director
The Culture Secretary who wasn’t there
Lisa Nandy was trying to help the corporation as though she were an outside consultant
Crisis at the CSC
An apology to all those who would have been outraged by the Sketch if they’d ever read it
Out for the count
A blunder so big it overshadowed Lammy’s lack of poppy
Making a mess of a mess
Neither Rachel Reeves nor Kemi Badenoch can make any sense
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Slim down the university system to save it
It has become too bloated and too expensive
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand