Florentina Holzinger
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful