Emily Brand
It ran in the family
Alexander Larman reviews Fall of the House of Byron, by Emily Brand
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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
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished