Alex Mikkelsen
Alex Mikkelsen is a manager at the Committee for Academic Freedom, writing about threats to free speech on UK campuses
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
