David Peace
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark