Artillery Row
Mary Beard is wrong about Cambridge
The university prefers box-ticking mediocrity to excellence
Labour must engage the alternative media, not oppress it
Lisa Nandy threatening to regulate GB News was symptomatic of a failure to appeal to voters
The purpose of the university
What will become of a society that continually prioritises efficiency over civilisation?
Mapping a nation
The popularity of Saxton’s maps reflected the desire for consistency and precision
Keir the OK, Kemi the Dreadful
When everything seems simple to Kemi Badenoch, Kemi Badenoch is simply awful
Against the EU’s online censorship regime
Experts are speaking up for free speech in Europe
Thatcher in Scotland
Margaret Thatcher attracted loathing and respect
Don’t panic about rare earths
If China will not export them, they can be found elsewhere
Protect children when it matters
It is easy to condemn a convicted paedophile and far more difficult to catch an active predator
We need a sugar tax revolt
The sugar tax has not made us healthier but it has made our drinks less delicious
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital