Artillery Row
The Right must stop playing the victim
Voters back a strong horse, not a plaintive loser
In defence of doorstopping
An attempt to criminalise going to the homes of elected officials is unjustifiably broad
Sectarian voting is preventable
The Gaza Independents are pursuing an organisational strategy which can be countered
The Culture Secretary who wasn’t there
Lisa Nandy was trying to help the corporation as though she were an outside consultant
Levelling the learners
The Curriculum and Assessment Review is a bundle of cliches with compromise at its core
Exclusion and intolerance can be British values
The ancients knew that having a high-trust democracy could not be taken for granted
Why we should welcome Tommy Robinson’s acquittal
The Terrorism Act 2000 has been used to justify excessive police power
Reform has to be serious about spending
The British people deserve, and need, honesty on economics
The nun’s tale
Dead Man Walking, English National Opera, Coliseum
Crisis at the CSC
An apology to all those who would have been outraged by the Sketch if they’d ever read it
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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
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does