Alasdair Milne
Opiate of the masses
TV has become a branch of the pharmaceutical industry doling out heavy sedatives
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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
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished