My Fair Lady
Steel works
Beth Steel’s House of Shades is a confident new nod to the tradition of multi-generation family sagas
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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
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor