Queue
On paying respects
A noble queue
The Queue
A strange and wonderous thing
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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
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper