Expert Failure
The fallen state of experts
How can governments learn from their expert failings?
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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
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
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions