Battle of the Christmas ads
A Yuletide war between profane M&S and sublime John Lewis
In defence of Blimp
Was the reactionary caricature, immortalised by Powell and Pressburger, actually a moral visionary?
The truth about cancel culture
Conservatives are merely incidental players in a vicious leftist civil war
Become ungovernable (civil service edition)
Welcome to Britain, the country where nothing gets done
What we have forgotten
As rival values furiously clash on Armistice Day, it’s time to remember the truth of British wars, not the fond myths
An economic peasants’ revolt?
ARC provided a platform to a vital dissident message, but it needs to lose the dead weight of discredited ideas
I went to anti-woke Davos
The ARC of justice is long, and bends towards complacency
Are Christians complicit in Palestinian suffering?
An open letter to theologians deserves an answer — here’s mine
Edinburgh’s decolonial decline
How did a university that set out to fight racism end up promoting it?
Labour’s blues
Leftish economics allied to moderate social conservatism offers a compelling route to power for Sir Keir Starmer
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub