Miriam Cates
Miriam is the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Saying no to school transition
Social transition in schools is wrong, risky and unfair to children — and the government should ban it
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
My police stalker
What do you do when you are being targeted by someone within law enforcement?
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Communitarianism hits the ballot box
The local elections provided a glimpse of a future where voting is divided by ethnicity
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there