Lord Bew
Fathers of the republic
A long overdue reassessment of the whiskered High Victorian statesmen whose fervent but nuanced nationalism did so much to forge modern Ireland
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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
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)