Pornocracy
Porn is degrading society
Standing out in a saturated market means ever more extreme content
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Can we reduce the manosphere to mental health?
Louis Theroux’s attempt to find the trauma that motivates androcratic influencers is unconvincing
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business