Graphs
By means of proper framing, graphs can lie like a parliamentary candidate
“Community”
Am I really part of the EasyJet community?
Ghost in the machine
Does the printer really “experience” anything?
Diego Maradona was not a victim
We have no sense of the tragic, only of victimhood, says Theodore Dalrymple
NHS propaganda
No rainbow-painting child could possibly understand the relative performance, good or bad, of the NHS
Public spending and public health
Theodore Dalrymple says the connection between expenditure and result is extremely tenuous
Lies of the British Medical Journal
The thirst for power that hides behind diversity
Capturing the wrong picture
Why bother with accuracy when you can get away with approximation?
Online banking’s ‘great service’
Dealing with your bank online makes the Labyrinth seem like a Roman Road
The sanctification of George Floyd
Being killed by a brutal policeman does not change a man’s life from bad to good
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy