Artillery Row
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?