Bo’Selecta
“Will you stop talking about the war!”
Are we watching a Stalinist show trial, with hitherto dissident figures loudly recanting any support for past regimes?
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
