Catherine Belton
The long arm of the Chekists
This book is an apt metaphor for the state of freedom of speech in modern Britain
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
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Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine