Chesterfield
Warm coats fit for a gentleman
None of us want to shiver our way through the City’s thoroughfares
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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
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable