Book Review
Rising above the mob
Questioning is kryptonite to the genderist cause
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
Run from “Rabbits”
Hugo Rifkind’s new novel is like a warm bath turning cold
War, peace, and architecture in Munster
A welcome if flawed history of Irish architecture
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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
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue