Artillery Row
The thought police are losing power
Uncomfortable questions must be asked carefully — but they must be asked
There is another side to the “Stakeknife” story
The security forces might have made mistakes but their work was still invaluable
The NHS is failing mothers
Bad treatment and bad advice is endangering mothers and discouraging would-be parents
Prepare for life without America
Trump’s National Security Strategy has put Europe on notice
Taking down the past
The ahistoricism of Labour’s leaders is worse than ignorant. It is deliberate
Why men still mourn SS Edmund Fitzgerald
It is an unproblematic tale of heroism and tragedy
An evening with Nish Kumar and The Guardian
Fear and loathing with the liberal elite
Bring on the clowns
PMQs seemed remarkably appropriate for the pantomime season
Britain is facing a crisis of state legitimacy
An unpopular government is relying on damaged and impermanent tradition
David Olusoga is misrepresenting British history
His new series brushes over facts which might confuse its black-and-white narrative
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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
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?