Columns
Unholy influences
The weird and not so wonderful world of influencers, and an open invitation to Theodore Dalrymple to get inked
Back in Vogue?
Nova is dreaming of fame and Rishi is trying to get out of the doghouse
How to manage up with Emery
How Unai Emery will turn Villa’s chances around
Death by degrees
The dream of the university is being killed by greed, dogma and bureaucracy
Bring back the traitors
To abandon the crime of treason is to move towards a post-national future
We’ll always have Davos
It’s been failing every year since it began but we do need it — or something like it
Gretchen Bellamy: Kindly Reviewer
Is there a book she doesn’t like?
Cross questioning
The travails of ageing actors
Royal blush
Boycotting the Crown and handbags at dusk
Time’s Arrows
The pure, unappreciated entertainment of darts
Most Read
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
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
How to get filthy wrong
Gary Stevenson has replaced economics with politics, and the results speak for themselves
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money