Irish Cooking
A feast, plain and simple
You wait ages for a decent Irish cookbook, then two arrive together, says Melanie McDonagh
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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
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits