Madame X
The painter with the X factor
Be careful what you wish for
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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
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place