Columns
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
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 lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
Why the left has nowhere left to go
Chris Bayliss and Tom Jones discuss how progressivism got left behind
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Keir Starmer is causing trouble over the Troubles
The government should stop caving in over Northern Ireland legacy issues
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down