Bread and circuses
Squalid optimist
The PM’s mendacity about the sunlit uplands of New Model Britain is psychotic
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone