Anniversary
Not only a game
This is how it ends: the whimper, or the bang
Album of the year
Rich pickings in dark times
An unaccustomed wine
30 years ago English wine was changed forever, and a vinicultural revolution began
Between Middle Earth and the West
130 years from his birth, what can we learn from Tolkien?
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at 30
Is this 1991 blockbuster an underrated masterpiece or kitsch nonsense?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right