Fatalism
“No happiness in life”: a very Russian outlook
How endless optimism can make it difficult when confronted with unpleasant choices
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws