Album of the Year
Album of the year
The best of an inspiringly musical 2023
Outwards and inwards
Drawing the ear into every era of western music
Album of the year
Rich pickings in dark times
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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
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand