The pleasure of hating
Debates over what constitutes ‘hate speech’ reintroduce dangerous concepts of sin and morality into our common law
Islamophobia and the suicide of the West
In our perverse desire to tolerate the intolerable we have succumbed to Christophobia
Why we might look back on Trump’s foreign policy with fondness
Joe Biden’s election signals a return to Washington’s default liberal and progressive values, especially in foreign affairs
Brexlit and the decline of the English novel
Literature’s outraged elitists chose smug contempt over real insight
Blinded by science
Alasdair Palmer says there is little evidence to show that lockdowns are effective
Why can’t we have a good film of Noël Coward’s plays?
If one judged the playwright solely on the film versions of his work, one might be forgiven for believing that he had never been particularly accomplished
The US has much to learn from the UK’s civil service
Despite Joe Biden’s best intentions, don’t expect a radical upheaval of America’s bureaucracy any time soon
Catholicism at its most bonkers—and prescient
The strange and startling events at Fatima continue to intrigue and haunt as the Catholic Church wrestles against the liberalising world order
Is grammar elitist?
The soft bigotry of low expectations
The battle for Ofcom
Ofcom is currently a bastion of woke liberal values; appointing Paul Dacre as the new head would go a long way in redressing the balance
Deeply flawed life of Cap’n Bob
Christopher Silvester reveals how this biography of Robert Maxwell is a skilfully constructed page-turner
Take the slow train
Tom Chesshyre on the joy and rattle of Spain’s local lines
Is the expat way of life coming to an end?
The main rules of being an expat are 1) avoid controversy at all costs and 2) constantly belittle your home country
Is the age of the single-sex boarding school over?
As Winchester College prepares to turn co-educational, Alexander Larman asks if single-sex boarding schools may soon become a thing of the past