Roald Dahl
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Giant is electrifying and unmissable
It is a play of nuance and three dimensions, not agitprop
Speaking English is colonial terrorism
In fact, what’s so good about speech anyway?
The great relabelling
Linguistic tweaks won’t save us all
Is it time to cancel Roald Dahl – or to celebrate him?
We should treat Roald Dahl as a naïve and unworldly man who never entirely left the realm of make-believe
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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
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects