Decriminalisation
The UN’s global Californication
Who on Earth is it speaking for?
The sex trade is inherently unsafe
Commodifying women’s bodies perpetuates violence
In the public sty
Ministers set to decriminalise rough-sleeping and public begging
Prostitution is a prison
Physical and sexual violence is endemic wherever prostitution occurs
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism