Monuments
Glorious things
This addition to the literature on monuments and commemoration is very welcome
Memorials to the fallen of Covid
An act of quasi-guerrilla commemoration
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Bring back literary vendettas
Grub Street thrived when
there was an “establishment”,
movements and feuds
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Cosmonaut thriller is absolutely stellar
Strong characters drive Star City forward in an increasingly paranoid hothouse of fear, betrayal and adultery
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?