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The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Young people are not as pro-immigration as you think
The idea that young people are uniformly “woke” is a silly myth
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
Why Europeans don’t get Elon
Twitter has brought us into direct, unfiltered contact with an America we don’t really know or understand
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Two-tier policing is not new
Our authorities must operate without fear or favour again
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
