Jonathan Clark
Jonathan Clark is an historian. His next book is a history of the Enlightenment
Wrestling with fickle giants
Why, if the Beveridge Report was supposed to cure Britain’s ills, do so many complain society is broken?
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
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
