Gilbert Holiday
British sporting art
Two views of the same country
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
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
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one