Noise pollution
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
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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
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion