Artillery Row
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
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 lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The problem of midwit misinformation
Iran, insurance and how smart people lose sight of the truth
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game