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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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture