Pantomime
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
Why drag is not the same as pantomime
In pantomime, we know that people are pretending
Thespians in the woods
Alexander Larman explains how pantomime went upmarket
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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
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said