Artillery Row
Thank you Rob Reiner
Reiner’s films conveyed a moral, humanistic outlook on life
We must stop the puberty blocker trial
Experimenting on vulnerable children is unacceptable
Net Zero is incompatible with military preparedness
Strong societies, industries and economies win wars — but does Britain have them?
Starmer won’t fix the ECHR
Keir Starmer and David Lammy are committing themselves to incompatible ideas
Women in the West are under threat
Various cultural forces are undermining our approach to human dignity and human equality
Bob Dylan and the mystery of traditional music
In becoming Bob Dylan, Robert Zimmerman entered a mysterious, invisible world
Album of the Year
Arvo Pärt: And I heard a voice
Star-crossed Labour
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are a classic doomed couple
The liberal case for migration is morally bankrupt
Progressive rhetoric conceals contempt for manual labour
Starmerism contra democracy
Will the establishment allow Reform to succeed?
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
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 rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf