Rob Jessel
Peston’s Inbox
As hacked by Robert Hutton
Porn is degrading society
Standing out in a saturated market means ever more extreme content
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages