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The Boys from the Blackstuff hit the stage in Liverpool
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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
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws