Patricia Hodge
When Irish eyes aren’t smiling
Irish Gothic and Noel Coward romance on the stage, and remembering actress Hayden Gywnne
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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
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes