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The case against An Inspector Calls
A short predictable play is a bad introduction to literature
How to really fix the asylum system
Shabana Mahmood will fail. Here is what can succeed
Lashings of child-murder
Our reviewer enjoys two very different approaches to killing
Do the Slow Horses stay the course?
Hopefully season five will not end in a creative cul-de-sac
Don’t be down on Poundbury
More spacious, more green and better built than any other suburban development
Prehistoric questions
Has anything changed since 4300 BC? Probably not
Stop yelling at women online
A tedious social media trend is doing neither of the sexes any favours
Trump needs to get real(ist)
Military strength should be used as a deterrent rather than for reckless adventurism
Scotland is approaching a political reckoning
Reform has become a serious force in Scottish politics — but do not count out the SNP
In defence of self-defence
British citizens should be able to protect themselves from criminals
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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
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.