Stefan Collini
The rise and fall of English Lit.
Oxford showed little enthusiasm for its national language and the literature that followed
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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
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken