Bird Shooting
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
Hunting ghost ponds
The loss of a rich wildfowl habitat
In a poet’s footsteps
A trip to Ted Hughes’s “loneliest place”
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Loony tunes
Opera begs leave to celebrate lunacy in a different way
Restoring sanity takes time
So many people have built their professional lives around gender insanity
Are we losing control of our collections?
We need trustees who actually believe in our museums
Religious freedom is back on the agenda
The International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill, currently before parliament, is an important step for securing Britain’s role in promoting religious liberty
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
