Paul Gascoigne
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette