Artillery Row
Let the little children come to me
Don’t hustle kids out of church services
The return of prohibition
In the USA, as in Britain, “public health” is coming for alcohol
Brussels’ Tammany Halls
How narcopolitics and Islamo-populism are reshaping the EU capital
Ignore the grooming gangs deniers
The racial element of these horrendous crimes is undeniable
Electronic exodus
Anglicans leaving Twitter for Bluesky is just a craving for liberal respectability
This is how she scrolls
The Leader of the Opposition does PMQs by Twitter
The sinister absurdity of Westminster City Council
White people are facing discrimination at the heart of British political life
Keir Starmer’s AI plans are not very intelligent
Labour do not seem to have grasped the material implications of artificial intelligence
The EU is refusing to change course on gender
While national governments see sense on gender identity, Brussels goes full-speed ahead
Chagos shakedown
The ICJ is not the Old Bailey, and the ruling is not binding
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Gentrification? Better than deprivation
Elephant and Castle has been radically spruced up, but not everyone is happy about it
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age