Fascism
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Harsh rhetoric is not “incitement to violence”
We need less name-calling, but we also need to toughen up
The dead hand of decolonisation
A decade into the culture wars, the argument for decolonising museums has run out of steam
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Night of the ghost fascism
If a far right protest is rumoured but no one turns up, can it be counter-protested?
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
The strange death of liberal Germanophilia
Do the Germans “do it better”?
Choosing hate
Does exhuming the remains of a nationalist icon represent progress or division?
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?