Dishonest Abe
He is revered as the man who freed US slaves. Yet he never intended to do so and it was he who forced a war for the Union
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
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Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism