Leningrad
A saga of survival
Saint Petersburg: Sacrifice and Redemption in the City that Defied Hitler by Sinclair McKay
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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
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships