Book Review
History hamstrung by anti-Christian agenda
Alice Roberts distorts her material by an excessive and indiscriminately applied hermeneutic of suspicion
We need better Christians and better democracy
Religion need not improve our politics but it can
Fundamentally ahistorical
History is not just a data set for the present
Have we got alcoholism wrong?
A new book contends that our approach to alcohol addiction can be irrational and unhelpful
Signal failure
An inside account of the HS2 raises worrying questions about our government’s capacity to build infrastructure
Suffering: the consequences
Dual reflections on on the vicissitudes of victim status
Strong, silent — but still box office gold
Clint Eastwood is as much a part of the American landscape as the Grand Canyon
The rise and fall of English Lit.
Oxford showed little enthusiasm for its national language and the literature that followed
Maker’s dozen
The buildings that forged Christian communities still powerfully impact them
Goethe, a man of ideas
Even to list the academic fields in which he was a pioneer is exhausting
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
Ancient bones of contention
The burgeoning and irregulated market for dinosaur skeletons
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?