Crime Fiction
Murders for the onset of shorter days
Professor Jeremy Black on British Library Crime Classics and his favourite ‘whodunits’
Why Sherlock Holmes remains the greatest detective
There is no need to make Sherlock Holmes more likeable, part of his brilliance is in his ambiguity
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)