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
Cancelled by my barristers’ chambers over a Tweet
Cancel culture is a straitjacket on the free expression of ideas, and democracy cannot hope to function when antagonists are muzzled
Taking back control?
The new treaty contains clauses that constrain Britain in key aspects of public policy
Retail politics
Beware a politician who has a book to sell
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Grizelda Buncome
Peripatetic creative writing tutor
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
