Liverpool Biennial
After the carnival
This year’s edition of Liverpool Biennial marks the end of contemporary art’s authority over contemporary life
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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
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing