Academia
The conversion of Paul
The political journey of Paul Johnson, who renounced his socialist ideals to become a standard-bearer of the Right
A classic case of missing the point
A misguided campaign to decolonise the Univerity of London’s Classics curriculum
Bring back plain English
Most literary criticism is don addressing don, in a style designed to exclude ordinary people
In defence of narrative history
Stories make scholarship human
Castaneda the sorcerer
Hoaxer, fraud … prophet?
A defence of capitalism
Rainer Zitelmann is a rare intellectual
Rebadging the past as feel-good therapy
The discipline faces not so much a crisis of history, as a crisis of historicism
Academics attack!
Attempts are being made to silence gender critical women
Deconstructing decolonisation
At its most radical, the push for decolonising the curriculum rests on a series of false assumptions that we need to repudiate
#ReceptioGate and the (absolute) state of academia
The numbers game has incentivised bad behaviour
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Dangerous liasons
Does Keir Starmer have a plan for dealing with Donald Trump?
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do