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The mad mental health policy
Failures in legislation and risk management
England as it really is
US visitors may be in for an unexpected and unpleasant suprise
Wrestling with fickle giants
Why, if the Beveridge Report was supposed to cure Britain’s ills, do so many complain society is broken?
Don’t be beastly to the Germans
British conservatives have much to learn from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Ethics? What ethics?
On the decision to allow puberty blockers for children
The world at my feet
D. J. Taylor recalls a time when he was the future of the English novel
And that was the news …
The decline of quality journalism amid a “jungle of drivel” on social media
The new age of empires
The world faces a new reality: three predatory imperial powers in Russia, China and the USA
Crime and Christianity
Dorothy L. Sayers may not have been the most assiduous warden, but she served her church in the best way she could
Coalhenge: Britain’s colossal wonders
The awe-inspiring cooling towers of our pensioned-off power stations should be preserved as monuments
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Cosmonaut thriller is absolutely stellar
Strong characters drive Star City forward in an increasingly paranoid hothouse of fear, betrayal and adultery
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
What’s in a name?
Britain’s debate over assisted suicide is being conducted in language designed to obscure what is actually proposed