Coup d’État
Coups and coronets
The return of the radical and the ridiculous
Shadow of the Kaiserreich
The rootlessness of German political culture
Assassinating Edward VIII
Did MI5 let one of their own informants have a go at the king?
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
What’s in a name?
Britain’s debate over assisted suicide is being conducted in language designed to obscure what is actually proposed