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The evils of Panglossian prohibitionism
Banning the sale of tobacco would increase the black market in cigarettes
The true, the good and the beautiful
We have to redirect Western civilisation
The art world is eating itself
A culture of censorship has devolved into rival attempts at cancellation
The right to protest is not absolute
Freedom to protest should by constrained by freedom from violence
Crushing hope
Assisted dying for mental illness forces a dangerous shift in our understanding mental illness
Keeping the beaches open
What did we learn about Boris Johnson’s COVID response from Didactic Dom?
From TV to the trans debate (w/ Graham Linehan)
Why truth and honour matter more than a quiet life
I went to anti-woke Davos
The ARC of justice is long, and bends towards complacency
Academic dynamite
An important, if difficult, contribution to debates around sex and gender
From commemoration to cosplay
We are losing sight of what we claim to be remembering
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect