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Break a leg
Woke Oscars tries to cripple the film industry, Stonewall capture the police and the Scottish enlightenment is cancelled
Why observe the laws the EU won’t?
Brussels has a very distinctive attitude towards its sacred legal order
The need for a UK Secession Clarity Act
The Deputy Leader of the Alliance for Unity makes a case for clarity
Eugenics and the intellectual left
To what extent should we separate an artist’s work from their period, character and ideas?
Capturing the wrong picture
Why bother with accuracy when you can get away with approximation?
Training for nothing
Nick Cohen laments the pandemic’s effect on competitions
Why is Britain good at R&D but has so few major tech companies?
Mike Lynch offers his solutions – from ARM to post-Brexit regulation
The unremarkable truth about America’s Covid response
The US handling of Covid-19 does not make it a ‘failed state’
Boris goes for Boris
The oven-ready withdrawal deal turns out to be inedible
Public exams are the only fair way to test pupils
Cancelling exams would only widen educational inequality
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
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
The masses against the classicists?
Reflections on the virtues and vices of academic gatekeeping
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?