We have to rein in meddling councils
Local authorities have become overbearing and unaccountable
The death of the funeral
We abandon death rituals at our peril
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
The slow death of public spaces
Pointless regulations are sucking joy from British life
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
Life as an accidental émigré
The coronavirus pandemic has birthed a new historically-specific group: the lockdown refugees
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological