Vincent van Gogh
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Vincent’s tragic legend restored
A new book revisits the painter’s death and returns the verdict that it was suicide after all
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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
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards