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Can the Iranian protests succeed?

Can the Iranian protests succeed?

The world should pay attention

Artillery Row
Steve Dew-Jones

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The martyrdom of Young Bob

On ebbing power of the political influencer

Columns
Fred Sculthorp

Grooming gangs and the truth

We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal

Columns
Ben Sixsmith

Babies need women

Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous

Artillery Row
Jean Hatchet

Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy

The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it

Artillery Row
Robert Clark

Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?

He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system

Artillery Row
Ben Sixsmith

We need a loud revival

The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians

Artillery Row
Sebastian Milbank
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Unreadable red bile

This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous

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David James

Against the scolding mob

MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks

Columns
Henry Hill

The ballad of Robbie and Harry

Sometimes, the struggle can become the art

On Pop
Sarah Ditum

Critical briefing: Tisza

What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment

Critical Briefing
Ben Sixsmith

Can the army survive migration?

As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration

Artillery Row
Tom Jones

Nowhere left to go

Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.

Columns
Henry Hill

The emperor’s new AI

A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion

Artillery Row
Andrew Orlowski

Like a homecoming

A haunted house

Columns
Sarah Ditum

AI podcasts give me the creeps

The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be

On Podcasts
Ben Sixsmith

Orbánism is not dead

The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on

Artillery Row
Aleks Eror
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