Borstals
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then