Joseph Conrad
Virginia Woolf: Teflon goddess of the trivial
She was nasty, crude, racist and often a poor writer — so why is she revered?
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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
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form