Petrarch
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?