What makes a hero?
Today, our heroes are demi-gods with superhuman powers, genius detectives and, painful though it is to admit, activists
The writings of Lewis and Tolkien embody conservative environmentalism
The Conservative party were once the country party. They could be again. It might even net them some votes
Boris’s war on obesity will fail
The government’s new anti-obesity crusade will not tackle obesity, only obesity statistics
The war of Boris’s stomach
The sugar tax failed to make us eat less sugar. Will Boris’s plan be any different?
Fat people can’t be happy
The lies of ‘fat activists’ are making us unhappy and sick
Michaela’s unspeakable truths
“Progressive” teaching methods ruin lives to make middle class people feel good about themselves
Bookshops remaindered
The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners
The cult of Captain Tom is dead
Brits should stop gorging on sentimentality
Covid amnesty for everyone but the politicians
MPs made their bed, but that doesn’t mean we have to lie in it
It’s a flying shame
A travel editor gives up planes… for a year
Reversing a tragic half century of lost lives
The US supreme court decision is a victory for decency and democracy
Labour’s Indian problem
The local elections suggest British Indians are drifting away from the Left
Trojan charities
Institutional drift leftwards does not have to be inevitable
Germany in the Baroque Age
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the cultural achievements of the Baroque Age in the German states
This is not normal, this is not OK
Sexually violent images and messages are reaching teenagers through TikTok
Professor Barry Mole: Scholarly Obsessive
Some things should stay buried