Ruth Dudley Edwards
Ruth Dudley Edwards is an historian, political commentator and crime writer. Her last non-fiction book was The Seven: the lives and legacies of the founding fathers of the Irish Republic. You can find her on Twitter at @RuthDE
An optimistic history of women’s rights
Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Susanna Rustin
Fighting back against the IRA mob
Máiría Cahill’s shocking memoir of growing up in a Belfast enclave
Gerry Adams was not in the IRA
This is not an article on the internet
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
