Lawyers
Missing the point on lockdown
A new book on civil liberties and the pandemic is bogged down by petty proceduralism
Imagine a world without lawyers on Twitter
The case of the Colston statue
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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
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within