Artillery Row
Great British fail
Why state control won’t fix our railways
Victory!/Defeat!
It was the best of deals, it was the worst of deals
The mendacity of managerialists
Liberal lies make a farce out of the high-minded critique of misinformation
Stop Labour’s “banter bouncers” before it’s too late
Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill would turn everyday conversation into a legal minefield
How I was cancelled by the NHS
A censorious political consensus in healthcare needs challenging
It’s time to end Commonwealth voting
Restricting one of the world’s most generous franchises might even benefit Labour
Time to rethink Martin Amis
He was an entertainer. But only an entertainer
Women deserve better histories
An excess of intersectional ideology obscures the real challenges of womanhood
How not to argue
A new book is an unreliable guide to talking about controversial issues
My Master Builder is poorly constructed
An overwrought, undercooked relationship drama with wince-making dialogue
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
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Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Asset-stripping on campus?
Selling universities to private companies risks destroying their charitable purpose