Andreas Eschbach
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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
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture