Laura Favaro
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
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
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs