Selfishness
Hating the game
Modern game shows are a disturbing reflection of our culture
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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
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital