Jonathan Sacks
Defender of the faith
Daniel Johnson remembers Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, wise and generous friend, guide and mentor
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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
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital