Artillery Row
Why are US troops in Syria?
It is time for them to go home
The trials of young conservatives
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
How the BBC got Musked
The Musk disaster will be the first of many unless the corporation acts
Nigeria’s climate of terror
Militant religion, not just climate change, is fuelling violence in Nigeria
The dangers of “safety”
Ill-defined clauses make the Online Safety Bill a threatening prospect
Hey, Rishi, leave them kids alone
Sunak takes his stand against number phobia
The French disease
France is at war over pensions, but behind the bloodymindedness is a very justified rage
Unbaking the genderbread person
As many schools find themselves at the frontline of gender identity belief systems, what do parents need to know?
Prophet of the end of liberalism
John Gray at 75
Glenn Gould’s musical laboratory
Glenn Gould: String quartet, opus 1 (CPO)
Vanishing act
Jeremy Hunt did not, in fact, pull a rabbit out of his hat
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Killing with kindness
“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls
