Borders
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
Who’s advising the migration advisors?
We deserve more transparency when it comes to who and what influences British immigration policy
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
Has Israel walked into a forever war?
A brutal conflict seems unlikely to be winnable any time soon
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
Wearing shades
We plebs aren’t supposed to buy designer-influenced fast fashion anymore
