Modest Mussorgsky
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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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
