Philip Toynbee
How about some vistas of beauty?
Covent Garden’s first post-lockdown offering is in a long, grim tradition
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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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill