Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working