Artillery Row
An economic warning to the curious
There are no good British lessons from higher European taxes
The perils of false victimhood
The Critic and Policy Exchange think right-wing academics are being censored. They’re wrong
Gordon’s (Still) Alive: Flash Gordon at 40
Remembering the cult-classic science-fiction romp
Letter from Washington: Kamala Harris and the meaning of ‘moderate’
What the views of Biden’s VP pick say about America
Ongoing lessons from the Battle of Warsaw
After the Miracle at the Vistula, a Miracle at the Oder?
The grandeur and instability of Spain
The rise and fall of the Spanish Empire
Breast is not always best
The obsession with breastfeeding is hindering women’s freedom of choice
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Public memory of the war in Iraq fails to consider the human cost
Does it all add up to you?
The British state can neither gather, interpret, nor explain its own statistics
Is Scotland’s Hate Speech Bill so bad?
Even prominent SNP supporters are appalled by the proposed legislation
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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
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Starmer’s union trap
Labour has handed power back to the unions, and is now discovering the cost of obedience
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose