Christians are being persecuted in Pakistan
Blasphemy laws are tools of oppression
Policing the far Left
Emma Webb says the police are damned if the do, but even more damned in the long run if they don’t
Stop exploiting the debate on women’s rights
The officers at Clapham Common were misguided, but hijacking Sarah Everard’s death for a political agenda disrespects her memory
The canary in the coal mine
The UK is at a dangerous junction when it comes to free speech
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.