Alexander Douglas
Trapped in an identity crisis
The invention of identity is both a tragic and a universal story
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault