John Whittingdale
What John Whittingdale really thinks of the BBC
The new culture minister airs his views on auntie
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity