Cost of Living
Immigration highs and highs
To protect institutions and infrastructure, we need an annual limit on immigration
Escaping Britain’s low-wage trap
Only sustained wage growth will restore trust in the economy
The new normal of net zero
A dash to net zero requires significant lifestyle changes
Living in London is not a human right
It’s time to accept London’s housing stock is a luxury commodity
Callaghan’s island
Britain should fear the departure of its young
The death of luxury
When did we all decide to stop travelling, and living, in style?
Sunak leads the retreat
A windfall tax is apparently not a windfall tax if the Tories introduce it
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
