Taylor Swift
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
Vibe supremacy
The right has a coolness problem, and Ben Shapiro rapping is not going to help
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
Midnight’s mass
Taylor Swift’s talent for ordinariness that makes her the most exceptional artist at work today
Feelbad anthem
Liz Truss does indeed “move on out”
Swift reprise
Swift’s latest project is even more interesting than the imaginary motherhood album she pinned her hopes on
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
The cowards, the pretenders and the woman-haters
Awkwardness is no excuse for not supporting the gender-critical cause
No happy endings
Our worst sin has been to be weak, rather than merely to be wrong
The scandal of screens
Parents are ill-equipped to fight the power of Big Tech over children’s lives — they desperately need the law to be on their side
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
A matter of National concern
This year’s race will come close to destroying its magic
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
