Trust
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
The authorities do not want to fix lawless London
Encouraging a low trust society is encouraging a rise in crime
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Asset-stripping on campus?
Selling universities to private companies risks destroying their charitable purpose
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area