Identity
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Art must be rescued from identity
We should celebrate artists for what they do, not who they are
Race to the bottom
How has ethnicity become such an inescapable and toxic topic?
Trapped in an identity crisis
The invention of identity is both a tragic and a universal story
Be yourself
Finding your own look never goes out of style
What does it mean to be English?
Questions about ethnicity and identity cannot be huffed and puffed away
My fashion fast
If in doubt chuck it out
The impoverishment of British values
Modern moral codes cannot define the totality of Britishness
The self(ie)
Filters seduce, but what happens when the flattering reflection becomes a carnival mirror?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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 missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour