Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
In defence of anons
Anonymous accounts did not cause the rioting, so why are they being blamed?
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
Against beautiful losers
We must lose our attachment to the good-natured failure
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Why do we need a privacy elite?
The world has conformed to Silicon Valley’s way of doing business
Bad education
Under Labour a deeply ideological education sector could go very quickly and badly wrong
Southport and the inescapability of politics
There is nothing essentially wrong with talking about immigration
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
“Social justice” is damaging education
Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination
