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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
First-place Finnish
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Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
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Out of Vienna (Alpha-Classics)
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves