Artillery Row
The Hunting Act: 20 years on
It was a law that has achieved precisely the opposite of its stated aims
Apocalyptic Reaganism
Can ARC escape its paradoxes?
The case for Centrist Dad Nationalism
Managerialists should recognise that an effective state needs a strong nation
The police are ruining their reputation
The average citizen has no reason to put their faith in British policing
Deepfake dystopias
Why we need to take women’s online safety more seriously
Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells
If she can’t make it there, she can’t make it anywhere
Gone in 90 seconds
Were my trans protestors the last gasp of campus censorship?
Exceptional performance by a cancelled conductor
Stravinsky: Le Rossignol (Erato)
From America with Love
Europe deserved its drubbing from Vance, but freedom must go hand in hand with fraternity
Has the Chagos Islands deal killed progressive realism?
Keir Starmer’s foreign policy concept is on the rocks already
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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
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
Two cafes, both alike …
Our correspondent investigates the north London front of the Israel-Palestine conflict
Why Ed Miliband can’t change course
He would have to abandon his self-appointed role as an agent of progress
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre