Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett at 90
From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation
From major to minor
Who’s minor and who’s major reveal the power of collective prejudice
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?