BRICS
We’re all living in America
For all the talk of “BRICS” and “multipolarity”, America is still number one
The great grain war
Russian aggression is endangering global food supplies
Why Russia is still in business
Poor countries are focused on food and fuel, not black-listing Moscow over the Ukraine war
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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
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale