Professional Wrestling
The death of an American icon
Hulk Hogan was deeply flawed but also entertained and inspired millions
Lords of the wrestling ring
Professional wrestling podcasts have become almost as popular as wrestling itself
Live not by kayfabe
The dark side of professional wrestling is the dark side of institutional life
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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
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion