Artillery Row
Homebrewed school reform
The home education movement is here to stay. That’s a good thing for everyone
The social contract is broken
The Budget also needs to remember those who pay for it
Will religion divide the British right?
Using Christianity as a political prop does not help anyone
Forty years of mistakes in Northern Ireland
Unionists were abandoned in 1985 and are being abandoned now
Defend British sovereignty, defend the Online Safety Act
Americans have no right to dictate how Britons use the internet
The dangers of defenestration
Political instability in Australia provides sobering lessons for plotters in the Labour Party
Moralism posing as economics
From gambling to billionaires, moral crusades are being dressed up as pragmatism
The case against An Inspector Calls
A short predictable play is a bad introduction to literature
How to really fix the asylum system
Shabana Mahmood will fail. Here is what can succeed
Lashings of child-murder
Our reviewer enjoys two very different approaches to killing
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Eroticism and intrigue
Out of Vienna (Alpha-Classics)
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring