Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel