Television
In praise of the middlebrow
Sometimes, a television show really does deserve the hype
British comedy can’t keep up with the modern world
The return of the Mock the Week is strange and sad
Adulterating Amadeus
A new series does an injustice to Mozart, Shaffer, Forman and TV in general
Enduring delights
The Box of Delights still charms audiences today
Hating the game
Modern game shows are a disturbing reflection of our culture
Historic failure
If the past is a foreign country, it’s one against which we appear to be racist
A series of dreaming clichés
My Oxford Year is a trend-obsessed pastiche
No one should have to support the BBC
If the BBC is worth keeping, it should be able to support itself
A straight woman cannot be a gay man
We should stop misleading each other and ourselves
The tyranny of agitslop
Art is being replaced with middle-class moralism
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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
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone