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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here