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The fading clout of the scholarly connoisseur
Does quality matter today when considering art?
Potatoes, pigs and peat
A not-so-definitive account of Ireland’s Great Famine
The X Minister
Cooper is dominant in Parliament while Jenrick follows the eyeballs
The legal system is not keeping Britons safe
Judges should not be softer on criminals for being constitutionally rather than calculatedly dangerous
The decriminalisation dress rehearsal
Extremist MPs are pushing abortion up to birth
J.D. Vance was right about censorship
The tide of censorship is turning in the West
There is such a thing as being too old to become a parent
Narratives of progress, freedom and liberation cannot overcome all limits
Welcome to late Soviet Britain
The inauthenticity of British politics has led to cynicism and despair
Sexual autonomy is not everything
We should not ignore alleged crimes because of the risk of compromising sexual freedom
It’s time to put Assisted Dying out of its misery
Kim Leadbeater can’t even sit through the debate, let alone appreciate the concerns
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation