Ian Acheson
Professor Ian Acheson is a former prison Governor and internationally recognised expert on combating violent extremism. He was born and raised near the border in Northern Ireland. @NotThatBigIan
Eternally complicit, hell-fired thugs
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast transcends the identity strait jacket
Criminal stupidity
Sorting your “he” from your “ze” won’t improve places where one would hesitate to keep farm animals
What do Sinn Fein have to do to get a break?
The national media has turned a blind eye to Ulster republican delinquency
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Crisis, what crisis?
The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them