Adoption’s broken promises
Children and parents are being let down by the authorities
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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
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families