Censorship
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
Jordan Peterson is wrong about anonymity
Some people have to protect their identities
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
The cowards, the pretenders and the woman-haters
Awkwardness is no excuse for not supporting the gender-critical cause
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
