James Allan
James Allan is the Garrick Professor of Law at the University of Queensland, Australia and a regular writer for the Spectator Australia.
Breaking the Cardinal Rule
A disturbing miscarriage of justice reveals Australia’s judicial system is in poor shape
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite
Have hope, have kids
How parenthood can steel us against stress and despair
The scourge of EDI
It is patronising, divisive and anti-meritocratic
Run from “Rabbits”
Hugo Rifkind’s new novel is like a warm bath turning cold
Losing the crowd
In bullfighting, audiences can be as tough as animals
The odd couple
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene may have been unlike as possible, but they remained the closest of friends for four decades
Organic snake oil salesmen
The Greens have an easy answer for any question (well, almost any question)
In defence of the right to addictions
Paternalists should stop masquerading as defenders of liberty
Graham Topman: festival organiser
Roll up, roll up, it’s time for another festival of arts, ideas and Graham (mostly Graham)
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
Five rules for governing
Use your power, bring back politics, extend your wings, rebuild your base — and govern in poetry