Artillery Row
Sanity prevails on sex
Yes, it’s official — women are adult human females
Soviet Britain finds itself innocent
No one should take the denial of two-tier policing seriously
We should not accept ID cards
Our liberties should not be compromised because of dysfunction in the political system
“Buffer zones” are censorship zones
The offer of consensual conversation should never be a crime
Parliamentary pensions’ punishment of defence
MPs should not be enabling woke anti-defence attitudes
Britain must escape the clutches of cringe
We have nothing to lose but our Paddington toys
Why Easter should matter to us all
Its themes are relevant to everyone, not just to the religious
The costs of cost-benefit analysis
We have to be more sceptical about the use of data in governance
We should dissent from our allies on assisted suicide
Their examples show the dangers of legalisation
The toxic shame of Progressive Man
Sex denialists are doubling down on their own irrationality
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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
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
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
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems