Society of Antiquaries
Putting a price on scholarship
Charles Saumarez Smith on the battle to safeguard the future of some of Britain’s oldest and best-known learned societies
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections