Artillery Row
We need a party for mothers
We must re-centre our politics around the family
Sandie Peggie and the struggle for single-sex spaces
Sandie Peggie’s case is a landmark contest over sex, gender and the law
The migrant hotel protests are different this time
Protestors want to change the law, not to break the law
Kemi Badenoch should support real healthcare reform
Doctors walking out is just a symptom of deep institutional pathologies
On Rotherham and the reality of two-tier policing
Child rape is ignored while a Christian preacher is arrested
Charlotte Brontë’s warning to women
Jane Eyre offers a disturbing portrait of relationships between the sexes
Murders for August
A massive melange of murder mysteries
Rural revolt
British farmers are growing increasingly disillusioned with politics and politicians
Defying categorisation
Valentin Silvestrov: “… flowering over Lethe…” (ECM); Violin concerto (Naxos)
The forgotten Ukrainians
Much support has been given to Ukraine, but the UK government is shamefully silent on the violation of religious freedom
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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 Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The masses against the classicists?
Reflections on the virtues and vices of academic gatekeeping
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.