Arthur Jafa
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
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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
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes