Josh Tillman
Play Misty for me
Father John Misty has faked his way into a kind of blazing honesty
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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
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer