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Who will stand up for “the West”?
An illiberal America and a war-torn, world-weary Europe are failing to champion our Western civilisational values
Dei ex machinae
15 August is the worst day of the year for a swim at the Venice Lido
The film of the year?
One Battle After Another is a marker for the rest of the industry
Blessed are the meek
Where is the one that has brought peace to the world? For we have seen his posts on Truth Social
Sorry, Keir Starmer, but schools can’t do it all
“Everythingism” is undermining the real value of education
Abolishing Stamp Duty is no silver bullet
The Conservatives have to escape their economic comfort zone
Why Margaret still matters
The lessons of her leadership are still applicable today
To have, to hold — and to create
Beauty isn’t merely to be owned, but is something to be loved and passed on
Margaret Thatcher: Tragic visionary
The Iron Lady had many qualities, but she sowed the seeds of a society she would have hated
Hilary Benn is repeating a failed approach to The Troubles
The process continues to be biased against the army and the RUC
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world