Casting light in dark corners
No other historian can provide a better introduction to a big subject
The Enlightenment as reading project
This book is not a history of ideas, nor book history, nor cultural history, but something much more
It is time to bury Boris
Every day of Johnson as PM is another day in which the Tory party sinks deeper into crisis
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business