Awards
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
What do the BAFTAs really stand for?
The awards used to be entertainingly eccentric
Oscars so woke?
Predictability and cyclical trends at the 92nd Academy Awards
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing