Activism
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Bippi Strangeways
Activist poet
Why are republicans still so unsuccessful?
With bad news upon bad news for the royal family, why do its political opponents remain so obscure?
How Dostoyevsky dissected activistic hypocrites
Dostoyevsky’s outrageous grotesque now runs riot in our institutions
Don’t arrest Palestine Action supporters
You do not have to like the group to think arresting its defenders is a step too far
Public figures should stop prejudging the police
Sadly, sometimes police officers have to be violent
The blunt truth about victim-led campaigns
Suffering does not make someone an expert on policy
We should hail the cab-rank rule
The principle that barristers should accept any brief is all too easily sidestepped
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan