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Moral crusade – or extremist front?
Thousands have marched for Black Lives Matter without realising the movement’s revolutionary aims
Think Trump has transformed American politics? Think again
Joe Biden’s rise is a reminder that the way to win an election hasn’t changed
The vacuity of the Democratic National Convention
Biden’s cheerleaders prove there’s nothing to get excited about
Paging Uncle Joe
A workable CANZUK might be illiberal and unAmerican
#IWentToStateSchool. So what?
The middle-class appropriation of a well-intentioned campaign
Critic Columnist Suspended
Our fearless woke columnist has been mistaken for an evil right-wing satirist
Let kids be kids
The “unconscious bias” theory is detrimental in the fight against racism
A flawed analysis on the rise of transnational authoritarianism
György Schöpflin on Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy
Disclaimer: Mel Brooks is cancelled
HBO attempts to protect snowflakes from Blazing Saddles
The BLM takeover of Whitehall
Why don’t ministers care about the politics of their civil servants?
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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
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Asset-stripping on campus?
Selling universities to private companies risks destroying their charitable purpose
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe