On Pop
The only thing to do is dance
When things are desperate, you don’t want to be the audience, you want to be the show
Losing my head over Catherine
How the musical sensation, Six, uncovers more than just the stories of Henry VIII’s wives
Calculated absurdity
I want to listen to music that sounds like the dumb hopefulness of being young that I once couldn’t wait to rid myself of, says Sarah Ditum
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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 lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
Out of the equation
Full equation sheets are bad for learning but good for helping students to pretend to understand
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves