Bilbao Effect
The regeneration game
A hideous babel of gimmicky buildings that scream: “Me! Me! Me!”
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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
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety