Wasps
Flying fiends
The wasp may be hated, but you’d be amazed by its intelligence
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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
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
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)