Terry Gilliam
Cancelling Terry Gilliam (again)
Gilliam is now 80, and seems as cheerily intent on causing trouble and controversy as ever
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street