Alexander Douglas
Trapped in an identity crisis
The invention of identity is both a tragic and a universal story
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The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
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
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?