BBC
Why does the BBC need to lie about Britain’s history?
Indian nationalist fantasies about the Bengal famine can’t be the point of the licence fee
Auntie Monopoly
It’s time to end the dominance of the state broadcaster
Keeping the lid on the BBC
Dissident voices are not being heard on the BBC, writes Robin Aitken
Can the BBC rebuild our schools?
To rebuild our education system, we must encourage that undervalued institution; the Family
Into the lion’s mouth
Nigel Jones laments the rise of the British snitch
A little bit of curve
In praise of pop smut
Can a Twitter campaign topple the BBC?
‘Defund the BBC’ will probably be denied a platform with the institution it seeks to abolish
Abnormal People
The TV adaptation that reflects the falsity of campus novels
We have been here before
A 1970s drama played on a nagging sense that modern life was fragile
Auntie to the rescue
Can the BBC give us daytimes to remember?
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
Graphics, games and occult entities
A retrospective of Treister’s work reveals the frictions in the artist’s motivations
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?