Artillery Row
To H-1B or not to H-1B?
Opening the door to H-1Bs means war against Britain’s middle class
Children in a land of adult war
Ukrainian children are growing up in a world of trauma and alienation
Everything is showbiz
There is something heroic about getting big, guilty laughs out of the most offensive subjects imaginable
They can’t really mean this
The Long Walk is a film for a Trumpian time of delight in random public cruelty
Farewell to a cricket legend
Harold “Dickie” Bird lived with infectious enthusiasm
Britain needs action on legal immigration, not just illegal immigration
The weakening of British borders has been expensive and undemocratic
So, cancel culture is real and bad now?
We should all oppose attacks on freedom of speech, but not only when it suits us
Britain is drowning in a sea of bad law
The Public Office (Accountability) Bill will accomplish nothing
Graham Linehan, Reprobate
How William Blake explained the dynamics of successful dissent
Sleepless in Zaporizhia
Europe and America must not turn away from the struggles of Ukraine
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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
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”