International Politics
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom