The T word and the BBC
Why is the Beeb so coy about the nature of Hamas?
Why we must remember
The notion that freedom comes at a price seems to be one that escapes us
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
It’s not that life is perfect — it just isn’t the 70s
My sordid tryst with Boris
What promises is the Prime Minister actually going to deliver on?
In Praise of Plod
How our police lost their way, and why they’re still better than the alternative
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
How the Greens blackened their name
The leadership of the Greens allowed gender fundamentalism to undermine the party
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
Justin’s dilemma
Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud
