Subversive man subverts
Russell Brand’s bad behaviour was rewarded by a progressive media in love with upending social norms
Britain’s last grown-up
A year after Queen Elizabeth’s death, Britain remains Peter Pan land
Tolkien, 50 years on
The true scale of his legacy is gradually becoming apparent
Notting Hill Carnival needs to clean up its act
The street party shouldn’t be above criticism
The end of the world
Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan’s best and most important film
Maaate
A short story
Rethinking “free speech”
Censorship is not only desirable but necessary if a democratic society and its laws are to function correctly
The debunker’s delusion
Fact-checking and anti-disinformation have fallen victim to the disease they sought to eradicate
Antisocial media
Welcome to the age of the TikTok thug and the home invasion influencer
The matter of Britain
Britain must rediscover its stories and dreams
This vision glorious
Let us allow the glory of Easter to touch our daily lives
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
Pushing the boundaries
The map of the world is likely to be redrawn, thanks to the decline of post war Pax Americana, an expansionist Russia and China, and the push for ethnic sovereignty
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
J.K. Rowling does it again
Why does one woman’s opinion cause so much outrage?
