Matthew Webb
Making a splash
A new book marks 150 years since the first unaided Channel swim
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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
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
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
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment