Matthew Lodder
Life stories, writ large
Remarks on the history of modern tattoos
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
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
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech