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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Standout singers
If Music (Erato), Day of These Days (Delphian) & Eisnacht (Genuin)
What Louis Theroux ignores
Pea-brained influencers make for an easier target than Islamic misogyny
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Free speech is about principle, not political convenience
One might disagree with pro-Palestine radicals but that does not mean that they should be censored
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Can we reduce the manosphere to mental health?
Louis Theroux’s attempt to find the trauma that motivates androcratic influencers is unconvincing