The double standards of surrogacy
Why does the UK ban surrogacy at home but see no issue with people going abroad?
Christmas with Dr. Death
Show them you care with a brand new Death Pod
Bring abortion bans to Britain
The move to restrict abortion reflects public opinion on both sides of the pond
Euthanasia isn’t progressive
It’s been done elsewhere and the results are horrifying
Why do we prioritise animals over pre-born babies?
The Government’s animal sentience bill makes a mockery of infant rights
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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
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
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
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
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Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history