Barry Humphries
Two essays in excellence
The BBC at its best on Shakespeare, and remembering Barry Humphries.
Humphries and the humourless
Cancel culture is often midges biting giants
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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
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked