Bertolt Brecht
When Kurt was better without Bert
Musical theatre forgets all but the smashiest hits from its past
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Reform’s gate fever
As they have grown more successful, Nigel Farage and his men have lost sight of what it takes to succeed
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was