Keep calm and le Carré on
His pessimism about Britain proved untrue — and its own kind of comforting fantasy
Lies, damn lies
Statistics are an essentially alien language that humans did not evolve to recognise or understand
Heavy weights and hurty words
Simon Evans says Andrew Doyle’s book is the toolkit you need to think about at least one side of this debate
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Spielberg’s ho-hum space chase
Those describing it as a masterpiece cannot have seen Saving Private Ryan or Schindler’s List
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Settlement disagreements
Shabana Mahmood and the Labour Party are absolutely hopeless on immigration
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Self-inflicted misery
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The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.