Dystopian Fiction
Knocking at the door of the Booker Prize
From an old-fashioned tale to a new-fashioned one, with a dash of dystopia
Dreams of dystopia past
At the end of a dismal year, consider the cult dystopias of the optimistic 1990s.
The Dystopian Age of the Mask
How Ernst Jünger predicted the ubiquity of masks
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants