Urban decline
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
The word from Britain’s streets
Patrick Galbraith fears for the health of an old friend
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
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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
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think