Mafia
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Martin Scorsese: rinse and repeat self-indulgence
The director of Goodfellas has debased his talent
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state