Sir Olly Robbin
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Kemi Badenoch was right about the chaos in Clapham
Rioting as entertainment is a First World phenomenon
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things