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No prefix required: how gay writers came of age
Douglas Murray refuses to mourn the death of the gay novel — a genre that was once ghettoised has joined the mainstream
Are empires always evil?
Daniel Johnson says Spanish imperialism left a legacy defying simplistic analysis
More freedom, less information
The Freedom of Information Act was supposed to guarantee honesty and transparency in government, but has ensured that controversial decisions will be forever shrouded in secrecy
Conversion course
Michael Coren was a conservative Catholic who was forced to reevaluate everything he publicly stood for
Battle of the bells and the boutique hotel
Charles Saumarez Smith on the campaign to save the historic London foundry that produced both Big Ben and the Liberty Bell
J.K. — Saviour of the Union?
Articulate with cross-generational appeal: Graham Stewart wonders if this non-politician could take on the Scots Nats
Democracy muzzled
Peter Hitchens says Covid masks are a potent symbol of the West’s headlong flight from Enlightenment values
The EU Godfather’s Wall Street roots
Adam LeBor traces the American influences behind Jean Monnet, the man who reshaped Europe
The rise of Mrs Europe
A new EU is emerging. Will Ursula von der Leyen lead it to triumph or failure?
Covid and stogies on the campaign trail
A trip through a swing state reveals the complex dynamics of a strangely disembodied presidential race
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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
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
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
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
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
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
How to travel in Europe
For the best in Europe, learn how to travel like a rich native
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism