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Libertarians and progressives are too irresponsible for freedom
Authoritarianism is the perverse outcome of irresponsible forms of libertarianism and progressivism
All Booked Up
Is there a cure for bibliomania?
Reclaiming Becket
London’s great saint needs a reboot
2+2 doesn’t equal 5
What is truth?
America’s Popish Plot
The maze of lunacy surrounding one of the USA’s most outlandish conspiracy theories
Britten, Hindemith, RVW, Martinu (Claves)
The 1934 suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams demands a sympathy for the rolling contours of the English countryside
An economic warning to the curious
There are no good British lessons from higher European taxes
The perils of false victimhood
The Critic and Policy Exchange think right-wing academics are being censored. They’re wrong
Gordon’s (Still) Alive: Flash Gordon at 40
Remembering the cult-classic science-fiction romp
Letter from Washington: Kamala Harris and the meaning of ‘moderate’
What the views of Biden’s VP pick say about America
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Lebanonisation in the UK
Sectarianism, crackdowns and ethnic tension are becoming the new normal in the UK
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
The goose and the golden egg
The City of London Corporation arguably survives for one reason only: money
