Yimbys
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Vindication of the NIMBYs
Local activists are the strongest soldiers in the war over the character of England
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it