U.K. politics
Women’s rights shouldn’t be up for debate
MPs need to stop questioning the rights of biological women
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
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.
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes