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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications