Matthew Hoyle
Matthew Hoyle is a barrister practising from chambers in the Temple, London. He previously taught law at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics
Protest and the public good
Republicanism, free speech and the heckler’s veto
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
The crisis at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre
Serious as it is, it is no anomaly
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness