Caught in the net
The government is wasting money as people waste their lives
We must get serious about school absence
It is not acceptable for so many children to miss so much of their education
Britain must balance its books
We have to face the facts and stop excessive spending
Marriage matters
We have to fix the foundations of the family
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do