Cyrus
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?