Artillery Row
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
Is public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
A life of indulgence
Jacob Rees-Mogg has a major persona and a minor career
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
Suella all along
You can achieve anything if you don’t take the credit
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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
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Cofnas, Cambridge and academic freedom
Truly provocative ideas are still unwelcome in our universities
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve