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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
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion