Fourth Plinth
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park