Violence is power in Northern Ireland
A cynic might think that a degree of loyalist violence in Northern Ireland was all part of the Brexit calculation
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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
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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 right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
We do not have to choose between mass migration and growth
Critics of mass migration have to be careful not to concede too much in their arguments
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence