Lee Cain
Keeping the beaches open
What did we learn about Boris Johnson’s COVID response from Didactic Dom?
Once, twice, three times a briefing
Are thrice weekly Downing Street briefings finally about to start giving us reasons to be cheerful?
The historical role of the maîtresse-en-titre
Nigel Jones looks at how the mistresses and girlfriends of rulers have exerted political power throughout history
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
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
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling