Traditions
Walking the wild side of Merrie England
Revived folk customs are proud expressions of local identity and communal cohesion
Britain’s Christmas “hobby horse” customs
“Animal guising” customs offer important insights into British festive culture
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty