The campus grievance industry
An illiberal network of activists and quangos threatens our cherished academic freedom
A quick exit…
Our way of death has become increasingly mawkish. Far better to opt for a swift cremation, without frills or power ballads
Goodbye to all that stuff
We used to love filling our homes with possessions. Now, less is more — indeed, it’s everything
The 21st century Bolshevik
Brexit showed the ruling elite is still terrified by Trotsky’s ideas of working class upheaval
Power plays
The Western powers should beware making belligerent threats they cannot back up
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