Artillery Row

Free speech in an uncivil society

A climate of intolerance is threatening the pursuit of reason.

You get what you vote for

Irish voters need Irish journalists to tell them what Sinn Fein really is

Kirk Douglas and cancel culture

Do we believe all stories as true, or presume innocence until proven guilty?

Remembering George Steiner

Today Arendt is only read by academic cultists – Steiner by the public

Why Iowa will haunt the Democrats

America’s progressive party is stuck inside a meme that has gone viral — and for all the wrong reasons

Hilda on to what you have

The humanists are coming to get us

Discussing Magic

Jeremy Black reviews The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment, by Michael Hunter

Criticising the critic

Criticism is a valuable art but it should never end up as a tool for bullying

British Crime Classics

Jeremy Black’s recommendations for a murderous British genre

Clement Attlee – Prophet of Brexit

Attlee’s reasons for opposing Britain joining the European Community resonate today