Koyo Kouoh
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world