Infected Blood Scandal
Infected blood and infected institutions
Decades on from the beginning of the infected blood scandal, our institutions still fail to align themselves with the truth
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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
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships