Printing
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
A pash for polka
Polkamania convulsed Europe, and its dots dance on
Ghost in the machine
Does the printer really “experience” anything?
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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
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month