The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Britain’s cosmopolitan future — 10 years on
The centre-left made a historic mistake on diversity and immigration
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
The school as a battleground
Michaela defeat will not deter Islamist designs on schools
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
The paradox of free speech
If the Civil Service wants to retain its reputation for political impartiality, then it needs to exclude those who promote only certain kinds of politics
Obscured by bias and opinion
When the news no longer feels like the news
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits