Abdul Mukit
The bludgeoning of Brick Lane
Prioritising millionaires over working class communities is now standard practice for London Labourites
The final toll
Raise a glass and stay briefly silent tonight in remembrance of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
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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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?