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The devolution delusion
Britain is stuck with the recycling of failed ideas
Running the rule over ages of empire
A quietly devastating rebuttal to the cruder anti-imperialist critiques of our superficially revolutionary times
A very postmodern coup
History has ended but it hasn’t stopped
The police have a posting problem
Social media can create institutional damage
The miseries of Maugham
What is the Good Law Project accomplishing?
Britain’s archipelago of shame
The UK’s treatment of Chagossians doesn’t amount to a crime against humanity
Egypt’s secret Nazi brains trust
After a humiliating defeat in the war over Israel, the Egyptians wanted revenge
Back at the despatch box agane
Michael Gove enjoys another chance to cause chaos
What has gone wrong with our universities?
A warts and all look at British higher education
Jordan Peterson is wrong about anonymity
Some people have to protect their identities
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
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
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under