Al Qaeda
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Our terror model is obsolete
The jihadist threat is less fragmented than it has seemed
October 7 was a grotesque proof-of-concept
Al-Qaeda is planning follow-up attacks in the US and across Europe
Christopher Hitchens’s War
Commentators used 9/11 to keep framing the world as liberty versus totalitarianism
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
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 trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
