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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change