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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
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up