Why I joined the October Declaration
We should stand with British Jews in a time of peril
Remembering The Merchant of Prato
A vivid picture of Italian domestic life on the eve of the Renaissance
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures