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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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home