The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Turning a blind eye to the migration problem
Those with power and public influence are reluctant to confront anything but symptoms
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Britain is not for sale
On the commodification of the nation state
Save yourselves
We should not underestimate the deep seriousness of sex
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
Why drag is not the same as pantomime
In pantomime, we know that people are pretending
How far is too far when it comes to protest?
Against the notion of competing rights
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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
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting