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The fraud behind the Bar Standards Board’s “equality and diversity” drive
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
An intervention on interventionism
US foreign policy hawks should accept a more realistic approach
Why ministers fail
Even the more effective politicians do not have time to achieve anything
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism