Artillery Row
Creativity and chaos
Writers with biographies to match their books
The Zelensky dilemma
Rhetoric will not end the war
Oil, art and the perils of patronage
Art patrons have always been on the wrong side of history
A School of Place?
Wrong answers to good questions on urban design
In praise of pomp and pageantry
We must not have a stripped-down coronation
Germany at the crossroads
Coming to terms with Merkel’s toxic legacy
Get CRT out of schools
Divisive ideas are being imposed on our kids
Politics is not downstream from culture
Against Top Gear conservatism
Against baby factories
The individual family protects us from state power
What are historians for?
Contemporary commentary or timeless reflection?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken