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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian