Sanitising “sex work”
A real “ally” should address the severe harms of pornography and prostitution
The NHS is letting down its nurses
Female staff should not have to share a changing room with men
Describing reality is not “harassment”
It is absurd that women are being persecuted for defending the truth and their basic freedoms
Should women be in the police?
Emotional, hormonal, and vain. Perhaps men should be barred instead?
Women’s March madness
The London Women’s March was hypocritical and blinkered
The delusions of “consent”
We can be too willing to believe in people’s willingness
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Digging for gold
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Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality