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Murders for April
The air is lighter and warmer, but Jeremy Black’s reading is as dark as ever
Murders for November
Killings amid the crunch of leaves
Murders for August
Classics resurrected and new bodies laid to rest
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight