House of Fraser
We aren’t being served
The closure of Jenners of Edinburgh is an object lesson in how to kill the department store
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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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one