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The grim truth about social care
We need to restore a sense of generational solidarity
The unusual, the unsigned, the uncategorisable
Hip-hop has its place, but not necessarily on an alternative daytime radio station
Nationalists in neutrality’s clothing
If UK ministers are not at liberty to defend the Union, then Northern Ireland is not genuinely British
The Crimean War
Professor Jeremy Black on how Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire found themselves fighting together in the Crimea
Murders for late November
From Shakespeare to Agatha Christie, crime novels invoke the genre’s heritage, sometimes ably and sometimes not
All’s foul in fetishised violence
The feminist fix: Legislators must close the loophole that allows men to claim “rough sex” as an excuse for rape and murder
Ring of fire
The ENO’s production of The Valkyrie may lack flames, but it is convincing nonetheless
Business as usual in Peppa Pig World
Forget cake, it’s Boris’s porkie pies that will cause him problems
Male authors: the sun also sets
Give up writing, men – the world will be a happier place when you do
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How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls