Batley and Spen
Uncertain times in Labour’s rugby league heartlands
The Labour Party and Rugby League have been central to the lives of working-class people in Batley for over a century. But for how much longer?
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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
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one