National Pride
Citizens of somewhere
Michael Henderson delves into two different radio programmes with identity at the centre
Foreign frivolity
Robert Thicknesse on how the idea that foreign poetry was better than local soon became established dogma
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month