Dancing
The power of the pageant
Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience
Havana heartbeat
How a stiff, gangly, middle-aged Englishman fell for the seductive rhythms of Cuba
The only thing to do is dance
When things are desperate, you don’t want to be the audience, you want to be the show
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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
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori