Artillery Row
Lizerdammerung
Notes from the bunker
Against writers
But in praise of writing
Retreat to victory
Why the Tories should embrace a spell out of power
Storms in South America
The Brazilian elections have divided the country like never before
Have I got bad news for Liz
The format is getting a bit tired
The meaning of Jacinda Ardern
Expect soggy authoritarianism from elite darlings
A bridge to nowhere
The meaning of the Kerch attack
The silence of women
Shouldn’t a talk show host be good at listening?
Environmental nihilism
The morbid heart of Just Stop Oil
Inside the box
Microdosing, drug use and interiority
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation