Dormition of the Virgin
Dei ex machinae
15 August is the worst day of the year for a swim at the Venice Lido
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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
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule