Philip Hammond
Diversity in scepticism
Questioning the lockdown isn’t a Brexit or culture wars thing
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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
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose