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Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
An open letter against assisted dying
118 academics oppose the Leadbeater Bill
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
Assisted dying and the suicidal
The culture around assisted dying could aggravate the thoughts of the suicidal
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
