Marathon
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Marathon maniac
Nick Cohen ran and ran and did himself no good in the process
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history