Brian Friel
Debuts, comebacks and suprises
There are plenty of dead bodies here, but no dead air
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Reform’s gate fever
As they have grown more successful, Nigel Farage and his men have lost sight of what it takes to succeed
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Country house colonisation
An attempt to achieve historical accountability ends up being an exercise in historical obscurantism
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party