Anuk Arudpragasm
A fully-packed bookcase
Three books that each offer a traditional holiday-reading pleasure
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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 spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses