Editorial
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
No happy endings
Our worst sin has been to be weak, rather than merely to be wrong
Silent night
The agony of global Christianity goes unheard in the West
Better than evil
Israel has a duty to be better than its enemies
Legacy of failure
13 years of missed chances, bungled crises and miserable inaction
Build back greener
We are going to need skilled workers, factories and a resilient and self-sufficient economy
The university lie
Can academia still support meaningful intellectual life?
The people’s vote
The integrity of the democratic process has been fatally undermined by machine politics and diversity quotas
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds
After the Cass Review
Our elected politicians need more independence from partial lobbyists
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
