Artillery Row
The First Friend
How the taxpayer funds Nimco Ali
Free speech is under threat in Northern Ireland
New hate crime proposals could make Northern Ireland the least free part of the UK
How the Second World War was mapped
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about a vital factor in wartime production that military history often overlooks
The BBC’s worst mistake
A separate channel dedicated to British sport could have saved the BBC
Memoir of a troubled woman
Friends and Enemies by Barbara Amiel is an extraordinary work of self-revelation
Etone for your sins
“Vulva owners”, Eton’s woke head master, and the BBC’s hagiography of BLM
The never-ending inquiries into the murder of Pat Finucane
Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis has announced further reviews to appease the incoming Biden administration
The freedom to achieve freedom
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed 99 years ago this week. As Brexit talks enter the last lap, Nigel Jones argues that the Treaty could offer a model to follow
Get stuck into mudlarking
Searching for treasure on the Thames foreshore is like “a giant history lucky dip”
A warning to the curious
Why M R James is still the greatest ghost story writer
The virtues of complaint
There’s nothing anti-feminist about female complaint
Ethnic identity is fine, as long as you’re not English
In the corridors of power, every ethnic grievance is welcome — except for the concerns of the English
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
The final death of left v. right?
Old political categories are losing their value
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture
Lawless and disordered
British police and courts increasingly struggle to maintain public order
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Who hears the voiceless?
Leaving unborn children without legal protections would be an ethical disgrace
The British family is nuclear powered
Sorry, post-liberals, but in Britain communitarianism is not traditional
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
