Coronation Street
The Corrie in the coalmine
When they’re not worrying about crime, Weatherfield residents are lamenting the state of the NHS
The nation’s favourite: why Coronation Street matters
As Coronation Street celebrates its diamond jubilee, is it time to take it seriously as the chronicler of our times?
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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
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets