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Dominic Cummings and the illusion of control
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed how woefully mistaken Cummings’ hopes were for lasting civil service reform
Braving the woke mob is a prisoner’s dilemma
Nicholas Shackel, a Professor of Philosophy at University of Cardiff, explains how to turn the prisoner’s dilemma into the free speaker’s game
Cape crusader
Hannah Betts loves the theatrical flourish of a cloak
Michael Ashcroft on the rise of Rishi Sunak: what is he thinking? What does he intend?
In this podcast, Graham Stewart talks to Michael Ashcroft, whose new book is the first biography to be written about the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Festive nuts and spice
Nancy Mitford’s 1932 festive novella ‘Christmas Pudding’ is the tonic 2020 is crying out for
Is it time to cancel Roald Dahl – or to celebrate him?
We should treat Roald Dahl as a naïve and unworldly man who never entirely left the realm of make-believe
Former spin doctor divulges on India’s ruling dynasty
Sanjay Jha’s new book reveals the degeneration of the oldest party in the world’s largest democracy
Memoirs of a Microaggressor
Will Collins traces the aristocratic roots of the social justice warriors’ search for purity
How detached will Northern Ireland be from Brexit Britain?
Despite agreement in the Joint Committee, the disruption to trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland remains considerable
A sequel too far
Brexit Academy: Assignment Miami Beach
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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
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt