Brandon Taylor
Kick off the new year with a comic novel
There’s a pleasure in every paragraph and a tartness to set off the sweetness
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for