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Towards Anglo-French anti-extremism
France was right to ban a campaigner with dubious Islamist connections
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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
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal