Judit Polgár
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule