Lila Raicek
My Master Builder is poorly constructed
An overwrought, undercooked relationship drama with wince-making dialogue
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General