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Everything is showbiz
There is something heroic about getting big, guilty laughs out of the most offensive subjects imaginable
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Britain’s economy is in no state to weather another crisis
Rachel Reeves must stop doubling down on bad economic ideas and try something new
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
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Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines