(Some) Writers Wanted
The drive for diversity can lead to discrimination
Sense and sensitivity
Some readers need thicker skins
The art of literary celebrity
How do writers become more than their books?
Good God, I can’t publish this…
The ancient art of the literary rejection
Why do women bear the brunt of literary censorship?
Cancellation is the modern manifestation of public shaming culture
A Room with a Feud
What happened to robust — and, yes, rude — literary criticism?
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Why there will probably be no early election
It would be all but impossible to build an attractive but realistic manifesto
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy