Crafts
When architects meet their makers
Studies in the pleasures of timber, thatch and stone
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
Knit picking
The invisible knitting of Michelle Obama led to the cancellation of Kristy Glass
Ad-vent season
Claudia Savage-Gore fumes over the PTA’s latest “voluntary” wheeze
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration