Ben Macpherson
Scotland – an open door or a back door?
The SNP has out-outmaneuvered the Scottish Conservatives on immigration
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
