John Simon
An appreciation of the late John Simon
Andrew Cusack remembers the apotheosis of criticism
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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
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right