Robert McCrum
This way, madness lies
Using the name Shakespeare in your book title shouldn’t do anything for sales
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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
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works