Showbusiness
Three act tragedy
The Wagatha Christie case reveals the addictive fun of gossip — but also its corrosive power
Mean genius of comedy
Alexander Larman on Happiness and Tears: The Ken Dodd Story by Louis Barfe
‘Between you and me…’
All the gossip that’s fit to print from our showbusiness veteran
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them