Colette Colfer
Colette Colfer is a writer and a lecturer on world religions. She tweets at @ColetteColfer
The soul of gender
How trans ideology appeals to deep spiritual instincts
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
An Athena SWANsong
The equalities scheme threatens the intellectual foundations of Irish institutions
The gendrification of Ireland
How gender identity theory has become embedded in Irish society
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
