Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey’s poetic dream
The news is bad, but on Del Rey’s watch the poetry is sometimes pretty good, and getting better
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive