Cathy Freeman
Cathy comes home
In Cathy Freeman were vested not just a nation’s hopes but its fears, guilt and shame, too
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets