Artillery Row
Northern Ireland epitomises Labour’s weakness
Starmer’s only tactic is concede, concede, concede
Of mice and non-men
Beware the brave new world of fertility technology
Assisted suicide forces us all to take part
The law will manipulate loved-ones into lifelong guilt
Southport is no excuse for censorship
The government is being weak-minded and opportunistic
Trump is the real technocrat
Donald Trump, unlike his opponents, is serious about policy
The thoughtlessness of guilt by association
We cannot judge ideas on the basis of the people who happen to hold them
Should women be in the police?
Emotional, hormonal, and vain. Perhaps men should be barred instead?
Just shout if you want growth
Over the sound of soulless machines, Reeves had to bellow her entire speech
Turning virtue into vice
Be wary of excitable claims about the cost of eating healthily
Artificial stupidity
AI is touted as a technological cure-all on the basis of little evidence
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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
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy