Who has the right to speak in universities?
Invitations should not be rescinded — but no one has the right to an invitation
Will academic freedom be upheld?
Will the University of Sussex be penalised for failing to uphold free speech?
Must we cancel Plato?
Right-wing cancel culture might be marginal but it is unfortunate nonetheless
The dark reality of cancel culture at Cambridge
Just reading a “gender-critical” book was enough for a young student to be ostracised
Managerialism is a threat to universities
New reforms could disempower individuals in the face of institutions
No word should be inherently unsayable
Context matters — whatever the language police might say
Why British universities are bowing to Beijing
Commercial interests appear to be compromising academic freedom
Censorship is not the answer to hatred
Don’t throw the free speech baby out with the anti-semitic bathwater
TRAs are still partying like it’s 2019
The law has changed, but it hasn’t yet shifted university culture
In defence of counter-protest
The police’s “facilitation” model is too close to being an endorsement of mob rule
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
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Bows and Arrows: The Autobiography by Julian Lloyd Webber
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
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A haunted house
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Why violence is political
Attempts to de-politicise the murder of Anne Widdecombe will fail