John Sturgis
John Sturgis has written for The Spectator and The Mail among others. He tweets at @sturgios
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
This vision glorious
Let us allow the glory of Easter to touch our daily lives
Moral progress has happened not because of, but in spite of woke activism
People who have enabled falsehoods and abuse cannot take credit for civilisational advances
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Women in prisons deserve better
Classifying male criminals as women adds insult to injury