Alan Sokal
Alan Sokal is Professor of Mathematics at University College London and Professor Emeritus of Physics at New York University
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
Our illiberal Terrorism Act
People should be censured for their actions and not for their beliefs
Free speech and fashionable hypocrisy
Between the Tory government and the University and College Union, will anyone be consistent?
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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 memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
