Mystery
Murders for the end of the month
From laugh-out-louds to gripping plots, Jeremy Black recommends murder mysteries for the end of the month
Hat trick ball
Help me trace Gunner Costello, the fast bowler who may have survived a Court-Martial
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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
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 book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to