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Defamation

British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom

British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom

We need major liberalisation of libel law

Artillery Row
Andrew Tettenborn

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The martyrdom of Young Bob

On ebbing power of the political influencer

Columns
Fred Sculthorp

Grooming gangs and the truth

We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal

Columns
Ben Sixsmith

Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?

He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system

Artillery Row
Ben Sixsmith

Babies need women

Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous

Artillery Row
Jean Hatchet

Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy

The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it

Artillery Row
Robert Clark

The poetry of Easter

Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious

Artillery Row
Jacob Phillips
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The imprudence of Dame Prue

Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide

Artillery Row
Adam James Pollock

Information rage

Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling

Columns
Ben Sixsmith

Hope and stories

Bicinia (Claves)

Lebrecht’s Album of the Week
Norman Lebrecht

Unionists should unite

It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again

Artillery Row
Arlene Foster

The right does need religion

Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true

Artillery Row
James Price

Racing in revolt

The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform

This Sporting Life
Stephen Pollard

Leaving it all in the ring

The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul

Features
Christopher North

Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom

What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16

Columns
Ben Sixsmith

Supernatural delight

Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions

Artillery Row
Ian Barth

The problem with Palantir

The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse

Artillery Row
Samuel Mace
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