Artillery Row
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
Red tape and black markets
Prohibition is a criminal’s best friend
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
Cofnas, Cambridge and academic freedom
Truly provocative ideas are still unwelcome in our universities
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality
Why Ed Miliband can’t change course
He would have to abandon his self-appointed role as an agent of progress
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
“Fauxcest” is not a free speech issue
The government should ban this dangerous and disgusting genre
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Awards ceremonies are erasing women
Biological males should not receive awards intended for women