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Girls don’t just wanna have fun
“Blue Velvet” is a sinister, savage take on male violence and a feminine urge for vengeance
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather