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The EU Godfather’s Wall Street roots
Adam LeBor traces the American influences behind Jean Monnet, the man who reshaped Europe
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things