Haskel’s challenge
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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
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
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Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Rock star variations
Bows and Arrows: The Autobiography by Julian Lloyd Webber
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive