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When in full fig, carry a Brigg
What could be more English?
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On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic