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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
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
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
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