Robert Burton
A classic work of unbridled joy
This is the best popular edition ever produced of one of the most amusing books in our language
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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
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
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company