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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Where are Britain’s moral voices?
On decriminalising abortion up to birth, the Archbishop of Canterbury must talk the talk, not walk the walk
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
Cofnas, Cambridge and academic freedom
Truly provocative ideas are still unwelcome in our universities
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries