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Spotlight on the Black Country
BBC on the Black Country and on the passing of Michael Parkinson
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul