Pet Shop Boys
Words and music
The bookish thrill of recognising the literary references of the pop artists you love
Calculated absurdity
I want to listen to music that sounds like the dumb hopefulness of being young that I once couldn’t wait to rid myself of, says Sarah Ditum
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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
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system