Beat Generation
Betjeman the beat poet
Recalling a thrilling collaboration between the poet and a group of oddball musicians
On and off the road
Jack Kerouac’s reputation should rest on his whole oeuvre — not just his most famous novel
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war