Cancel Culture
So, cancel culture is real and bad now?
We should all oppose attacks on freedom of speech, but not only when it suits us
Why Malcolm Gladwell’s trans retraction won’t ever be enough
If you don’t speak when it counts then it will always be too late
How I was cancelled by the NHS
A censorious political consensus in healthcare needs challenging
How not to argue
A new book is an unreliable guide to talking about controversial issues
How the anti-woke won
The left should have listened to its own dissidents
The arrogance of academics
The author’s own politicised speech norms are obvious but never reflected upon
Deconstructing the architecture of cancel culture
The censorious impulse is degrading intellectual discourse on both sides of the Atlantic
The Royal Society should not expel Elon
Excommunicating people over political differences is wrong
Don’t cancel Andrew Gywnne
Even Labour ministers should not be fired for private jokes
The prophet of combative Toryism
Historian David Starkey has, at 80, returned to guide a new generation of conservatives
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy