Censorship
Keep physical books
We have to protect cultural history
I was on trial for praying for free speech
I was acquitted — but I should never have been arrested
The Enlightenment as reading project
This book is not a history of ideas, nor book history, nor cultural history, but something much more
Free speech: we should try it again
We must sweep aside today’s pervasive fearfulness. Instead we should feel free to offend — and not take offence when others treat us equally robustly
Pounds for your thoughts
Free thought should never cost £100
Criminalising prayer protects no one
Laws against so-called conversion therapy are threatening the freedom of belief
The authoritarianism stalking Ireland
A secular clerisy is silencing dissent
Twitter 2.0 and the revolt of the public
Martin Gurri predicted Musk’s populism
Dirty feminism
You can’t have feminism without femaleness
The police have a posting problem
Social media can create institutional damage
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
