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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
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich