action heroes
All action, no abstraction
On the hunks and lunks who dominated two decades of Hollywood
Acting his age
What happens to film franchises when action heroes age?
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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
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships