Richard Prince
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
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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
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections