Centralisation
Train to nowhere
HS2 represents the guilt of successive central governments about the centralisation they are incapable of correcting
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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
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd