“Muslim gangsters” and secular ironies
Finding religion does not always mean being reformed, and secularisation does not always mean being enlightened
AI will not satisfy
Human desires tend to be rooted in the human
The narcissism of the centrists
Why we should care less about Britain’s international standing
A moral panic about moral panics?
We are in danger of making unhinged generalisations about unhinged generalisers
A fence in Röszke
Hungary is on the frontlines of the migration crisis
Leaving the man cave
What drew David Cameron back to politics?
The sadness of Andrews
A grim new book about racism fails to make its case
Gaslit history
It is hardly a surprise that most Britons have not heard of Quintus Lollius Urbicus
Ah, persecuting people over speech is bad now?
Yesterday’s censors are today’s free speech champions
Profile: Rory Stewart
The cerebral Old Etonian podcaster might be a deep thinker and was possibly even a spy but he lacks the substance to be a great political leader
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
The cost of dissent
Brave women have sacrificed a lot to stand up for their gender critical beliefs
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
