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We have dispensed with independent thought
Are we just going to continue outsourcing every foundational fibre of our being?
A lighter shade of grey
This scholarly, readable and objective book will be the standard biography of Sir Edward Grey for decades to come
From disaster to opportunity
London’s orchestral rat-race will have fewer runners when musical life returns, says Norman Lebrecht
Diego Maradona was not a victim
We have no sense of the tragic, only of victimhood, says Theodore Dalrymple
Fact or Fiction: an introductory guide
As the misrepresentations in The Crown call for historical dramas to be clearer in their creative license, Romeo Coates offers a brieg guide to fact and fiction in drama
Lo! He comes with clouds descending
The news is Good and should be celebrated
Linked but not combined
In sentiment – if not in its detail – the deal echoes Churchill’s vision for Britain and Europe
What’s in the Brexit deal?
Four things the ERG’s ‘star chamber’ will need to consider before voting for the Brexit deal
Brexit deal agreed
ERG prepare their lawyers to scrutinise the text of the deal
Christmas shows us why lives are worth saving
Like the ancient world, we have an inability to explain or even value ourselves
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve