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
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China