Managers
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
How to manage up with Emery
How Unai Emery will turn Villa’s chances around
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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
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand