How the Hate Crime Bill defies Scottish tradition
With a stroke of the legislative pen, Holyrood has made Scotland the most stringent regulator of speech in the UK
Free to disagree
The Scottish Government drastically needs to rethink its approach to hate crime
Scotland’s brand new blasphemy law
Holyrood’s hate crime proposals are a threat to free speech
The idealisation of everyday life
Natascha Engel delves into Marc Stears’s new book, and asks: is there anything in here that will help us rebuild the Red Wall without losing our big city majorities?
No place at the bar for challenging woke politics
The Bar Council’s verdict on Jon Holbrook’s cancellation last month shows that the bar has become an unwelcoming place for those who believe in free speech
Why musicals are Britain’s elite artform
Musical theatre is one of Britain’s most prized assets; we must protect this unique part of our culture and economy at all costs
Finn noir
A Bergmanesque miasma of gloom hangs over every episode in this new Scandinavian thriller
Russia’s policy of Westernophobia
Weekly pressers from Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have turned into festivals of hostility towards the countries caught in the Kremlin’s crosshairs — why?
We can’t trust the National Trust’s history
How on earth did the National Trust hire a non-historian to do an historian’s job?
The Road and the fork-tongue rogues
Minoo Dinshaw fills in the gaps in an official guide to Scottish history
The redemption we need
After a national Lent that has lasted a year, we can smell the blossom of hope
Derailing the gravy train
The question of human rights, Christian morals and Western ethics has hitherto been an academic debate; now it is in the public arena
Impeachment Follies: The case against conviction
Paul du Quenoy argues that Democrats are unlikely to achieve their dream of removing their most dangerous rival from contention in 2024