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Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project