Satire
Making a mess of a mess
Neither Rachel Reeves nor Kemi Badenoch can make any sense
Gaza betrays LGBTQ+ allies
Over boosting Trump in the polls, most Palestinians would prefer the bombs
The great contortionist
Nigel Farage tied himself up in knots defending Sarah Pochin
On safari
How was your summer? Listen to mine, and weep
Nigel: Who didn’t admire Putin?
Rob has another rifle through Peston’s Inbox
Pirate of the Caribbean
The world of cruise ship entertainment was traditionally the domain of the middle-ranking theatrical
Left-wing violence is a myth
Supposedly “violent” acts by the oppressed are, by definition, forms of self-defence
Rob whistle
How dare journalists quote the things that Robert Jenrick says?
Barry Huggins
Barry, unusually for a Tory MP, has literary leanings
Help your local LOSER
A special charity appeal
Most Read
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
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library