Anarcho-tyranny
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
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
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
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
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
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
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
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