Philip Ó Ceallaigh
Contemporary writing with a twist and a tug
In this month’s fiction selection, John Self discovers novels that successfully use their style to enhance rather than simply describe the story
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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
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages