The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
We need better Christians and better democracy
Religion need not improve our politics but it can
Have we got alcoholism wrong?
A new book contends that our approach to alcohol addiction can be irrational and unhelpful
The unsettling cant of settler colonial studies
The myth of salvation by means of social justice offers division and despair
Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
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
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?