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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new