RAF
V-Force: Britain’s Nuclear Bombers
Imagine an Airbus A320 being thrown around the sky as if it was a Spitfire
Broadcasting anniversaries
The long cultural shadow of World War Two
On the radar
A fresh telling of a largely forgotten slice of wartime history
Target practice gone wrong
The RAF’s recruitment scandal exposes loopholes in the Equality Act
Loyalty for sale
RAF veterans compromised British ideals by assisting the Chinese
The Battle of Britain was not won by the Few
We credit pluck for what we really owe to imperial and industrial might
Our man in Beirut
The “Glorious Dead” are often only “Glorious” when it suits us
What is the British Army for and where is it heading?
Will higher defence spending go on tech or boots on the ground?
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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
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?