Young Men
The quest for “positive role models” is quixotic and depressing
Young people should not have to look to celebrities for affirmation
The crisis of masculinity is class-based
Gareth Southgate is focusing on symptoms at the expense of root causes
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities