Thangam Debonnaire
No second coming for the arts
Labour will finish the Tories’ work of destroying the arts – only “better”
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
The “open borders experiment” is reversible
Keir Starmer can and should change the conditions by which migrants become eligible for Indefinite Leave To Remain status
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?