Evening Standard
Who’d want to be a critic?
Criticism has died at London’s newspaper
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
Clerical error
Clergy should be in the business of saving souls, not stamping passports
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
NATO’s unhappy birthday
The world is growing more dangerous and its members need the will to confront new challenges
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
Fear the Keir
Starmer is Blair 2.0 — but this time, things can only get worse
