Smuggling
How many people actually smoke?
Manchester memories and the black market in tobacco
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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
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long