Artillery Row
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
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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
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition