Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Mary Beard is wrong about Cambridge
The university prefers box-ticking mediocrity to excellence
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration