Incels
Massacre made-to-order
Perhaps Jake Davison killed those people because he could, not because he was an incel
Laughing laureate of Western decline
Michel Houellebecq’s prescient, mocking critiques of our debased modern world
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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
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
