Trump is the real technocrat
Donald Trump, unlike his opponents, is serious about policy
Gyles Brandreth’s bon mots
An obsession with linguistic and historical marginalia has infected British culture
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
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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
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes