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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
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics