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In defence of doorstopping
An attempt to criminalise going to the homes of elected officials is unjustifiably broad
Sectarian voting is preventable
The Gaza Independents are pursuing an organisational strategy which can be countered
The folly of turning our backs to the sea
Britain’s neglect of its maritime heritage has left many coastal towns impoverished
Maker’s dozen
The buildings that forged Christian communities still powerfully impact them
The Culture Secretary who wasn’t there
Lisa Nandy was trying to help the corporation as though she were an outside consultant
Levelling the learners
The Curriculum and Assessment Review is a bundle of cliches with compromise at its core
Exclusion and intolerance can be British values
The ancients knew that having a high-trust democracy could not be taken for granted
Why we should welcome Tommy Robinson’s acquittal
The Terrorism Act 2000 has been used to justify excessive police power
Reform has to be serious about spending
The British people deserve, and need, honesty on economics
The nun’s tale
Dead Man Walking, English National Opera, Coliseum
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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
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art