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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
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty