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The Conservative New Coke problem
It’s hard to shake things up with marketing when the recipe is public and unchanged
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
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
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation