What are universities for?
The battle for British universities is not yet lost
A masquerade of Rawlsian liberalism
An interesting but unconvincing Rawlsian case for socialism
Who runs Cambridge?
How truth-seeking dons are organised and fighting back against social justice academics
Populist smears of an unpopular elite
The conservative debate over nationhood is one of the most consequential in years
Roger Scruton’s Faith
The admirer of Christ who never quite became a follower
Eternal resurrection
James Orr reviews Tom Holland’s Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
Sunak, false equivalence and the phantom far right
There is no comparison between the threat of Islamism and the threat of the far right
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
