Cultural Trends
Vinyl solution
Vinyl’s comeback is down to a desire for a tangible point of contact with a performer
Corecore and cultural fragmentation
Young people are picking through the rubble of old aesthetics
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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
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?
Kemi Badenoch was right about the chaos in Clapham
Rioting as entertainment is a First World phenomenon
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy